Sixteen labourers were killed after a truck overturned in Maharashtra’s Jalgaon district, police said on Monday.
All the deceased were labourers from Abhoda, Kerhala and Raver in the district, police said, adding they died after their papaya-laden truck overturned shortly after midnight near a temple at Kingaon village. Five labourers have sustained serious injuries and are being treated at a rural hospital, police said.
“Heart-wrenching truck accident in Jalgaon, Maharashtra. Condolences to the bereaved families. May the injured recover at the earliest,” PM Modi said in a tweet posted by his office.
Deeply distressed to learn that a truck carrying labourers, women and children overturned near Jalgaon in Maharashtra resulting in deaths of many. My thoughts and prayers are with their families and wish an early recovery for the injured.— President of India (@rashtrapatibhvn) February 15, 2021
In another road mishap on Sunday, 14 people, including a child and eight women, were killed and four others – all children – injured after a mini bus collided with a truck in Andhra Pradesh’s Kurnool district early on Sunday
The tragic incident took place at around 4 am near Madarpur village in Veldurti Mandal when the bus, carrying a group of pilgrims from Madanapalle in Chittoor district, was on its way to Ajmer in Rajasthan.
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