Bargarh (Odisha): Four labourers were killed and one sustained critical after a truck ran over them while they were asleep here, the police said on Thursday. The incident took place at Birjam village under Melchhamunda tehsil in the Bargarh district on Wednesday, they said.
The deceased have been identified as Fagan Singh (34), Vishnu Mervi (23), Shankar Adabasi (21) and Rajesh Kumar Netam (20). Three deceased reportedly belonged to Madhya Pradesh and another hailed from Chhattisgarh.
According to official sources, five labourers were engaged in borewell drilling work in the area. After completing their work, they went to sleep under a pipe-laden truck. When the driver unaware of the labourers reversed the vehicle, it ran over the workers and four of them died on the spot. In the meantime, the locals rushed the injured to the hospital for treatment. On receiving the information, the police reached the spot and initiated a probe into the matter.
