14 Migrant Workers Stranded by Coronavirus Crushed on Train Tracks in India

14 Migrant Workers Stranded by Coronavirus Crushed on Train Tracks in India
Police officers examine the railway track after a train ran over migrant workers sleeping on the track in Aurangabad district in the western state of Maharashtra, India, on May 8, 2020. Stringer/Reuters
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NEW DELHI—At least 14 Indian migrant workers stranded without work, sleeping on the train tracks due to the COVID-19 pandemic, were ran over and killed by a train on Friday, while apparently attempting to return to their home villages, the railway ministry and media said.

Tens of thousands of people have been walking home from India’s big cities after losing their jobs because of a lockdown to contain the spread of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) virus, commonly known as the novel coronavirus, since late March.