Sixteen migrant workers were killed and five others injured in Maharashtra’s Aurangabad after an empty rake of goods wagon ran over some people on Friday.
“The injured have been shifted to Aurangabad civil hospital,” said CH Rakesh, chief public relation officer (PRO), South Central Railway. The incident happened at 5.15 am.
The workers, who were walking to Bhusawal from Jalna, were returning to Madhya Pradesh, an official told news agency PTI.
They had been walking along the rail tracks and slept on the rail tracks due to exhaustion, he said.
The South Central Railway chief PRO said that Railway Protection Force (RPF) and local police are reaching spot to assess the situation.
