3 migrant labourers dead, 14 hurt as truck hits two vehicles in Madhya Pradesh

Guna, May 15

Three migrant labourers going to Uttar Pradesh from Maharashtra were killed and 14 others injured after a truck rammed into two vehicles on the Guna bypass on the Agra-Mumbai national highway on Friday evening, a senior police official said.

The speeding truck first collided head-on with the pick-up van carrying 15 migrant labourers before hitting another truck that was behind the van, Guna district Superintendent of Police (SP) Tarun Nayak said.

“Two labourers died on the spot, while the third one succumbed to his injuries on way to a hospital. Twelve others travelling in the van were left injured,” he said.

“Besides them, two persons sitting in the truck that was behind the van, also suffered injuries in the accident. All of them were admitted to the district hospital,” the official said.

Five of the injured were in a serious condition and were referred to Gwalior for treatment, he said.

Two of the deceased labourers belonged to Ghazipur town in Uttar Pradesh and the third one was of Azamgarh town from the same state. They were identified as Mahesh Prajapati (35), Pramod Pal (24) and Deepak Prajapati (34), he added.

On Thursday, eight migrant labourers were killed when an empty bus hit a truck carrying them to Uttar Pradesh from Maharashtra. One more person had later succumbed to the injuries in the hospital.

Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has announced a compensation of Rs 2 lakh for each of the dead and Rs 50 thousand for the injured in the road accidents of Jaluan and Bahraich.

The series of accidents involving migrants either travelling on foot, by cycle or crammed like sardines in trucks and pick up vans continues unabated. PTI

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