15 migrant workers mowed down by goods train in Maha

Aurangabad: At least 15 migrant workers sleeping on rail tracks were crushed to death by a goods train in Aurangabad district of Maharashtra on Friday, May 8 morning.

“Two other laborers were injured in the tragic mishap which took place at 5.15 am under the Karmad Police station jurisdiction,” an official said.

“The workers, who were walking to Bhusawal from Jalna in central Maharashtra along rail tracks, were returning to their home state Madhya Pradesh,” an official at the Karmad police station told PTI.

“They were sleeping on rail tracks due to exhaustion when they were run over by the goods train coming from Jalna,” he said.

“The laborers, working in a steel factory in Jalna, left for their home state on foot last night. They came till Karmad and slept on tracks as they were tired,” police officer Santosh Khetmalas said.

Fourteen workers lost their lives in the mishap, while two others were injured, he said, adding three laborers who were also part of the group survived as they were sleeping some distance away from rail tracks.

“Further details are awaited,” he said.