Overview
- Two separate incidents early Friday left workers dead as a truck overturned onto a shelter in Saharanpur, UP, and a trailer ran over tents in Jhunjhunu, Rajasthan.
- In Saharanpur around 3 am, a sand and gravel truck toppled onto a tin hut by an under-construction bridge, killing Asgar, Istkar, and Shokeen and injuring Gulfam and Karmveer.
- Police in Saharanpur said the driver fled, the vehicle papers appear in order, and a probe is underway into possible overspeeding and negligence after postmortems were ordered.
- In Jhunjhunu around 4 am, a speeding trailer plowed through tents near a pond, killing Priyanka, 13, Modi, 14, and Chhotki, 22, and injuring four others as police detained the driver and seized the vehicle.
- Officials say both crashes underline the danger of workers sleeping beside active worksites and busy roads, which could prompt calls for safer housing, guarded rest areas, and tighter night-time controls on heavy vehicles.