Truck Crushes 15 Sleeping Labourers in Gujarat

Surat, 19/1: In a tragic Incident, 15 sleeping labourers were crushed under a truck in Gujarat. The incident took place this morning. All the victims were from Banswada in Rajasthan.

According to the police the accident took place near Kosamba village, around 60 km from Surat. A dumper truck ran over the sleeping labourers on the Kim-Mandvi road killing 12 on the spot.

Some of the injured labourers were taken to a nearby hospital, but three of the eight labourers died during the treatment, the police added.

Apparently the truck driver lost control of the vehicle after it hit sugarcane hanging out of the tractor-trolley coming from the opposite direction. The driver has been detained.

“The truck’s front window pane shattered on impact, which blocked the driver”s vision. The truck then veered off the road and crashed into the sleeping labourer,” Surat SP Usha Rada told news agency PTI.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed his condolences and Tweeted, “The loss of lives due to a truck accident in Surat is tragic. My thoughts are with the bereaved families. Praying that the injured recover at the earliest.”

The loss of lives due to a truck accident in Surat is tragic. My thoughts are with the bereaved families. Praying that the injured recover at the earliest: PM @narendramodi

— PMO India (@PMOIndia) January 19, 2021