Five labourers, including a woman and a child, were crushed to death by a speeding truck near Kundli Manesar Palwal (KMP) expressway some 25 km away from the Gurugram city on Saturday night.
According to police, one of of the deceased has been identified as Karan (42) of Uttar Pradesh, while the injured have been identified as Surjeet (30), Sudha (28), Deepak, Rajkumar, Riya, Inderpal, Ramjiwan, Shina Devi and Meera.
“The incident took place on Saturday late night when the labourers were walking on the expressway and hit by the vehicle,” said Deepak Shahran, DCP, Manesar.
The police official said that the truck was ladened with vegetables and the driver lost control of the vehicle due to high speed and mowed down the labourers. Who appears to have been walking back to their village amid lockdown.
"We have arrested the errant driver and a case registered against him under a rash and negligence driving. The injured persons were admitted to a local hospital where they are undergoing treatment and said to be out of danger,” Shahran said.
It may be noted that scores of workers and labours from the city and surrounding areas have been walking back to their native villages in other states, ever since the country went into lockdown on March 25.