Truck collision on Indian highway kills 23 migrant workers

  • 2/10/2023
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LUCKNOW, India, May 16, 2020, SPA -- At least 23 migrant workers were killed early Saturday when a truck they were travelling in crashed into a stationary truck on a highway in northern India, an official said, according to AP. Tens of thousands of migrant laborers have been returning from big cities to their villages after losing jobs because of a countrywide lockdown imposed in late March to contain the spread of the coronavirus. The government has started a limited number of trains to facilitate their travel, but thousands are using trucks and buses or even riding bikes or walking long distances on the highways. Magistrate Abhishek Singh said another 20 people were injured in the latest accident near Auraiya, a village in Uttar Pradesh state. The cause of the crash is being investigated. --SPA 13:13 LOCAL TIME 10:13 GMT 0012 www.spa.gov.sa/w1330381

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