Hyderabad (Telangana): Three migrant labourers died and 17 others were injured after the vehicle they were travelling in turned turtle when one of its tyres burst in Kamareddy district of Telangana on Tuesday while they were proceeding to their native Jharkhand state.
In view of the ongoing lockdown, a group of 21 migrant workers who were stranded in Hyderabad hired a light commercial vehicle and left from Hyderabad to their native hometown in Jharkhand, however, the vehicle met with the accident.
The vehicle which was already overloaded turned turtle on National Highway 44 near Daggi village Kamareddy district at around 2.30 pm on Tuesday after a tyre burst resulting in the death of one of them on the spot while 20 others, who sustained injuries including three seriously in the incident were shifted to a hospital in Hyderabad. Two other seriously injured later on died during the process of treatment.
Police has registered a case in this matter and further enquiry is going on.
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