NEW DELHI, Jan 19 (NNN-PTI) – At least 13 sleeping migrant labourers were killed, and several others were injured today, after a truck overran them, in India’s western state of Gujarat, police said.
All the deceased were labourers hailing from Banswada district in Rajasthan. During the time of the incident, the labourers were sleeping on a footpath.
“A truck collided with a tractor loaded with sugarcane, after which the driver of the truck lost control of the vehicle and drove it over the pavement where the labourers were sleeping,” CM Jadeja, Deputy Superintendent of Police, Kamrej Division, said.– NNN-PTI
