India, Dec. 4 -- Two MGNREGA workers were killed and three others, including a child, were injured on Thursday when a speeding car ran over them on Samatipura Road in Rajasthan, police said.

According to the police, the MGNREGA (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act) labourers were sitting on the roadside near the worksite when a Swift car, coming at high speed from the Samatipura side, lost control and hit them. The car also struck the child before crashing into a tree.

The driver fled the spot after the accident. "An investigation was initiated to trace the absconding driver," an officer said.

Police said that two women - Badami (50) and Gugi Devi (45) - both residents of Taskhana Baori in Jalore, died on the spot. ...