Workers were sitting on the roadside
CHANDIGARH: At least nine workers were killed after a car ran over them on Lehragaga-Jakhar road in Punjab’s Sangrur district on Sunday, police said.According to an eyewitness, the workers were sitting on the roadside when a speeding car mowed them down.Five workers died on the spot, while the injured were taken to a hospital for treatment, an official said.Punjab Cabinet minister Barinder Kumar Goyal expressed grief over the incident.Nine people have lost their lives in the accident: (SHO) of the Lehragaga Police Station, Inspector Jaskaran Singh(With Agency Inputs)
