Caught in India’s Lockdown, 23 Migrants Die in Truck Crash Going Home

Caught in India’s Lockdown, 23 Migrants Die in Truck Crash Going Home
A police rescue team work to lift a truck at the site of an accident where a truck carrying migrant laborers collided with another, killing and injuring several people in Auraiya, Uttar Pradesh, India, May 16, 2020. (Ani/Reuters TV).
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LUCKNOW, India—A truck crammed with migrant laborers trying to reach their distant homes amid a nationwide lockdown crashed in northern India on May 16, killing at least 23 and injuring 35.

The accident occurred before daybreak when the truck collided with another truck that was parked by a roadside eatery in the Auraiya district of Uttar Pradesh state, Abhishek Singh Meena, the top district official said.