Palanpur (Gujarat), Feb. 10 -- Three women labourers and a toddler were crushed to death when a dumper truck carrying sand overturned and fell on them in Gujarat's Banaskantha district, police said on Sunday.
The incident occurred at Khengarpura village in the district on Saturday evening when a group of labourers was engaged in road construction work, they said.
The dumper tried to make its way through a narrow passage and overturned, falling on three women engaged in the road construction work, Deputy Superintendent of Police SM Varotariya said.A child belonging to a labourer's family also died in the incident, he said.
"The labourers were engaged in digging soil for the construction of a wall on the side of the road when the truck fil...