A vehicle in RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat's convoy overturned after it tried to avoid a cow that was standing in the middle of a road near Warora in Maharashtra's Chandrapur district, police said.

"The driver tried to avoid the cow and hit the brakes hard, which resulted in a burst tyre and the vehicle toppling over," a senior officer said, adding that the cow was unhurt in the incident.

The accident took place at 5.15 pm near Warora on the Chandrapur-Nagpur highway in Maharashtra. Mohan Bhagwat, who is a 'Z category' protectee, was travelling from Chandrapur to Nagpur. One CISF jawan was injured in the incident.

The car Bhagwat was travelling in had already crossed passed the cow, but a vehicle in the same convoy met with the accident, the senior official said.

"There were six CISF personnel in the SUV of which one got injured due to the vehicle toppling over," an official said, adding the SUV was registered in Uttar Pradesh.

The rest of the convoy proceeded according to schedule and the injured security official was shifted to Nagpur for treatment, police said.

Mohan Bhagwat earlier survived an accident on October 6, 2017, when his speeding car rammed into another vehicle in his cavalcade along the Yamuna Highway in Uttar Pradesh's Mathura district.

(With inputs from PTI)