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Child, 3 women killed as dumper truck falls on labourers in Gujarat

The dumper tried to make its way through a narrow passage and overturned, falling on a group of labourers engaged in the road construction work, Deputy Superintendent of Police SM Varotariya said.

It took nearly two hours to pull out the women and the child trapped under the truck with the help of cranes and bulldozers, officials said. Gujarat.

It took nearly two hours to pull out the women and the child trapped under the truck with the help of cranes and bulldozers, officials said. (Screenshot: X/@PTI_News)

By: PTI

2 min readPalanpurFeb 9, 2025 12:10 PM IST First published on: Feb 9, 2025 at 09:30 AM IST

Three women and a toddler were crushed to death when a dumper truck carrying sand overturned and fell on a group of labourers in Gujarat’s Banaskantha district, police said on Sunday.

The incident occurred at Khengarpura village in the district on Saturday evening when a road construction work was underway, they said.

The dumper tried to make its way through a narrow passage and overturned, falling on a group of labourers engaged in the road construction work, Deputy Superintendent of Police SM Varotariya said.

It took nearly two hours to pull out the women and the child trapped under the truck with the help of cranes and bulldozers, officials said.