17 labourers dead, 15 injured as truck overturns on Mumbai-Bengaluru highway


Mumbai, Apr 10 (PTI): At least 17 labourers were killed and 15 others injured when a speeding truck overturned in western Maharashtra's Satara district in the early hours of Tuesday, the police said.

The truck, carrying construction labourers from Bijapur district in Karnataka, was going towards Pune when it met with the accident around 4.30 am on the Mumbai-Bengaluru highway passing through the district, around 250 km from Mumbai, Satara's Superintendent of Police Sandeep Patil said.

The driver apparently lost control over the wheels at an accident-prone stop near Khambatki ghat.

As a result, the vehicle rammed into a barricade and then overturned, he said.

At least 17 labourers died on the spot, while 15 others sustained injuries, he said.

On being informed, the Khandala police rushed to the spot and took all the victims to a nearby hospital, he said.

The police were trying to ascertain the exact reason of the accident, the official said, adding that they suspect the accident occurred due to the driver's lack of concentration as he had been constantly driving and was deprived of sleep.

The bodies were sent for postmortem and the process to identify the deceased was on, the police added.

  

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  • Evans Christopher Sumitra, Udupi/ New York, USA.

    Tue, Apr 10 2018

    A tragic and deadly accident where 17 laborers died and 15 injured when a truck overturned on Mumbai-Mangaluru highway. Some of these drivers overwork without proper rest and sleep and they end up this way. RIP all those dead and wish a speedy recovery of those injured.

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  • Sandesh, udupi

    Tue, Apr 10 2018

    Minister and local MLA M B Patil busy with deviding lingayath and veerashaivas. No one cares about poor people and they are migrating to other place.

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  • Vincent Rodrigues, Bengaluru/Katapadi

    Tue, Apr 10 2018

    Why the trucks are allowed to transport labourers instead of other approved conveyance to human beings.

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  • Sandesh, udupi

    Tue, Apr 10 2018

    You should ask siddu why they are leaving bijapur

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  • sri_elder, Karkala

    Tue, Apr 10 2018

    Bijapur people didn't get any job in Karnataka.. They were travelling to Pune...
    RIP victims..

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