In a tragic incident, 10 labourers were killed and three others were injured in collision between a truck and a tractor. The incident took place on GT road at Mirzamurad Kachhwa border of Uttar Pradesh’s Mirzapur. The official informed that the incident occurred on Friday.
According to the police, the truck had gone out of control and hit a tractor form behind. The truck was carrying 13 people and was going towards Varanasi from Bhadohi.
The 13 people used to work as construction labourers in Bhadohi and were returning to their village Mirzamurad, police added. Police rushed to the spot after the information was received and started the rescue work.
The police informed that a FIR has been registered in connection with the accident and further investigation is underway.
Mirzapur SP Abhinandan said, “At around 1 AM, we received information that an accident had occurred on the GT Road at the Mirzamurad Kachhwa border, in which a tractor carrying 13 people, which was going from Bhadohi district towards Banaras, was hit from behind by a truck that had gone out of control. On receiving this information, we reached the spot and rescue work was started. Out of those 13 people, 10 died and 3 who were injured were immediately sent to BHU for treatment. All these 13 people used to work as labourers in Bhadohi and were returning to their village. FIR is being registered. Further necessary legal action is being taken.”
The injured have been taken to the BHU hospital and their condition is said to be stable.
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