New Delhi, Aug 20
At least five migrant labourers were killed and 32 others injured in a road accident on the Kundli-Manesar-Palwal (KMP) Expressway in the early hours of Wednesday.
The accident took place near Bahadurgarh when a canter truck collided with a pickup vehicle carrying around 37 labourers.
The impact was so severe that five people, four men and one woman, died on the spot, while several were injured.
According to officials, the victims were migrant workers from Aman Nagar in Lakhimpur Kheri, Uttar Pradesh, travelling to Ghodakemla village in Mahendragarh, Haryana, for harvest-related work. They had come to Haryana for the seasonal crop-cutting period and were en route when tragedy struck.
Upon receiving information about the accident, Badli Police Station personnel and the KMP Expressway's Uttar Pradesh Expressways Industrial Development Authority (UPEIDA) response team promptly reached the spot.
Emergency services were rushed to the scene immediately after the crash.
Of the injured, eight have been admitted to the Bahadurgarh Trauma Centre, while the remaining injured have been referred to PGI Rohtak for further treatment.