18 labourers killed, 15 hurt as truck overturns in Maharashtra
18 labourers killed, 15 hurt as truck overturns in Maharashtra
At least 18 labourers were killed and 15 injured when a speeding truck overturned in Maharashtra’s Satara district on Tuesday morning, a police official said.
The injured are in a critical condition as per the reports. The driver slept while and so lost control of the vehicle while managing a difficult turn, leading to the accident.
The truck was going towards Pune when it met with the accident around 4.30 am on Mumbai-Bengaluru highway passing through the district, around 250 km from here, Satara’s Superintendent of Police Sandeep Patil said.
“After crossing the Khambatki ghat section, there is a difficult turning of ‘S’ shape. It is an accident-prone spot. The truck driver probably dozed off and lost control over the vehicle, as a result of which the vehicle hit a barricade and overturned,” he added.
The labourers were heading to a construction site in Pune in the morning, Patil said.
“They were carrying some sharp and heavy equipment in the truck. When the vehicle overturned, the equipment fell on the labourers. Many of them died due to head injuries caused by the equipment,” the SP said.
All the victims were taken to the Satara Civil Hospital. The bodies of the dead were sent for post-mortem.
-PTC News
