Six labourers lost their lives, and 11 others sustained injuries when a speeding truck loaded with sugarcane overturned in Maharashtra's Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar district in the early hours of Monday, PTI reports.

According to PTI, the tragic accident occurred around 2.30 am in the Pishor ghat section while the truck was travelling from Kannad to Pishor. An official stated that 17 labourers were on board the vehicle when the driver lost control, leading to the truck overturning. As a result, the labourers fell onto the road and were buried under the heavy heap of sugarcane.