28 migrants hurt after vehicle on way from Punjab collides with truck in UP

BAREILLY: At least 28 migrant workers and driver of a passenger utility vehicle (PUV) sustained injuries, on Sunday, after the vehicle in which they were travelling rammed into a truck stationed on UP's Moradabad-Haridwar Road under Chhajlet police station limits.

The incident took place around 3:30 am. Police said that it appears the driver dozed off and lost control of the vehicle. The injured were later shifted to district and two private hospitals.

The migrant workers were coming from Moga district in Punjab, where a contractor who had hired them arranged a PUV. The PUV was moving towards

Kushinagar district

in UP since most of the workers were from the area.

Additional superintendent of police (rural area)

Uday Shankar Singh

told TOI, “All the injured are conscious and out of danger. Six of them have been discharged while 23 are kept under observation. All were working at a local company in Punjab and travelling home to east UP and Bihar.”

The ASP added that 15 workers are from Kushinagar while 13 belong to Bihar's

West Champaran district

. After recovery, all the workers would be shifted to quarantine centres following government guidelines, the police officer said.

“At least 14 injured workers were later shifted to two private hospitals, since necessary medical facility was not available at district hospital,” ASP Singh further said.