3 migrant labourers, an infant returning home during lockdown killed in road accidents in UP

Three migrant labourers and an infant girl were killed and 46 ors suffered injuries in two ro accidents when y were returning home in Uttar Presh from or states during coronavirus-induced lockdown, officials said on Wednesday.

A truck carrying a group of 54 migrant labourers and ir families from Ahmedab in Gujarat to Balrampur in Uttar Presh rammed into a stationary truck near Lalpur police post on Kanpur-Jhansi highway, killing three people and injuring 43 ors.

According to Superintendent of Police (Kanpur Dehat) Anurag Vats, " deceased persons have been identified as Rohit (25), Hiraman (50) and Sumaiyya (2), all residents of Balrampur."

injured have been mitted to district hospital, police officer said, ding that eight of m were critical and referred to Lala Lajpat Rai (LLR) Hospital in Kanpur.

In Chitrakoot, a migrant labourer returning home in Uttar Presh from Chhattisgarh on bicycle was killed after being hit by a truck.

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Forty-year-old Mohan, a resident of Saharanpur, was returning home along with three ors on Tuesday evening when accident took place, y said.

labourers h stopped on roside near Kalchiha vill here to take rest when y were hit by a speeding truck, police said.

All four suffered injuries in accident and taken to a community health centre in Mau vill, where Mohan died.

Mau community health centre superintendent Shekhar Vaishya said condition of three or workers was stable. truck has been seized and its driver arrested, police said.

workers, hailing from Saharanpur and Muzaffarnagar districts, were working at a jaggery factory in Raipur in Chhattisgarh.

factory was closed due to ongoing lockdown enforced to check spre of vel coronavirus.

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