At least 15 migrant labourers, sleeping by the roadside in Gujarat’s Surat district, were killed on Tuesday after a truck ran over them, PTI reported. The truck driver has been detained.
The incident took place at Kim-Mandvi road near Kosamba village, around 60 km from Surat, the police said. All the labourers were from Rajasthan.
13 Rajasthan labourers sleeping on footpath, killed after truck runs over them in Gujarat’s Surat
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Twelve people died on the spot, the police said, adding that three of the 12 people who were injured died at a hospital.
Surat Deputy Superintendent of Police CM Jadeja said that the dumper driver lost control after his vehicle slightly hit a tractor loaded with sugarcanes, reported The Indian Express. Surat Superintendent of Police Usha Rada told PTI that the impact with the sugarcane tractor shattered the windows of the truck and…
