In a tragic incident, a speeding truck mowed down sanitation workers on the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway on Saturday morning while they were engaged in their work. The tragic accident left seven dead while four others were injured. Among those killed are six women. The reports suggest that the accident took place around 10:00 am on Saturday.
All the workers were involved in the cleaning of the District Magistrate's Estate, cleaning the road, and watering the plants.
The incident took place at 10:00 am when a pickup truck coming from Gurugram at high speed hit the car. The accident happened when the deceased and the injured were going to work after getting out of the car.
All victims belonged to Nuh
All the victims were the residents of the Khedikala village of Haryana's Nuh district. The injured were admitted to the district hospital for treatment, where all of them were in critical condition.
The pickup vehicle that caused the accident overturned after hitting an angle half a kilometer away. The driver absconded from the spot soon after the accident. The police were investigating the matter.
People killed in accident
Those who died in the accident include Resham (62), wife of Gulab Singh, Pista (42), wife of Mahendra, Jaydevi (58) w/o of Captain, Rachna (38), w/o Ramesh, Prembati (65) w/o Ram Singh, Satnabati (30) w/o Raju, Asu (50).
Earlier on Wednesday, nine people were injured after the bus they were travelling in collided with a truck on the Kundli–Ghaziabad–Palwal (KGP) Expressway in Haryana.
The deceased were on their way to the Mathura pilgrimage. The reports said that the impact of the hit was so severe that the bus was heavily damaged in the accident.
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