Jaipur, Nov 7 (PTI) Three labourers, including a woman, were killed and 10 people injured after a speeding car hit a water tanker and overturned into a 15-foot-deep pit at an overbridge under construction on National Highway-27 in Rajasthan’s Chittorgarh district, police said on Saturday.
The accident occurred on Friday near Menal on the Chittorgarh-Kota highway.
Begun Deputy Superintendent of Police Ankit Kudi said seven labourers were working inside the pit dug for the construction of an overbridge on the road leading to Menal Joganiya Mata when the accident took place.
A speeding car travelling from Chittorgarh towards Kota first hit a water tanker parked on the highway for construction work before falling into the pit and landing on the labourers, he said.
The deceased were identified as Bihari (45), a resident Bhilwara district, Savta (50) of Mandalgarh, and Prem Bai (40) of Gangrar.
The injured included four labourers and six car occupants. Three of them were referred to Bhilwara in critical condition.
A case had been registered against the drivers of both vehicles, police said. PTI AG SMV SMV MDO
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