25 migrants killed in UP collision

Tribune News Service

Lucknow, May 16

Twenty-five migrant workers were killed and 15 critically injured when the stationary mini truck they were travelling in was hit by a speeding truck in Auraiya district of Uttar Pradesh today.

In another accident, a migrant couple was killed on the Lucknow-Agra Expressway when the autorickshaw they were in was hit by a truck at Bangarmau in Unnao. The victims were on their way from Delhi to Darbhanga in Bihar.

Auraiya DM Abhishek Singh said the mini truck with 81 migrants was hit by another truck carrying lime bags on the Delhi-Kanpur national highway around 3.30 am. The victims had boarded the vehicle from parts of Rajasthan and Haryana and were headed to Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal.

PM Narendra Modi and CM Yogi Adityanath announced Rs 2 lakh relief each for the next of those killed. Meanwhile, on Chief Secretary’s orders, UP has sealed its borders, blocking entry of migrants on foot, bicycle or by other unsafe means into the state.

8 die in 3 MP accidents

Bhopal: Eight migrants, including four women, were killed in three separate road accidents in Sagar, Guna and Barwani districts of Madhya Pradesh on Saturday, police said. The victims were on the way to Uttar Pradesh from Maharashtra. PTI

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• 16 migrant workers mowed down by goods train in Maharashtra

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