7 Workers Mowed Down on Delhi-Mumbai E-way

Seven sanitation workers, including five women, were killed after a pickup van lost control and ploughed into them on the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway, in Firozpur Jhirka of Nuh in Haryana, on Saturday morning, police said, adding that the accused van driver has been arrested.

- Leena Dhankhar

NUH: Seven sanitation workers, including five women, were killed after a pickup van lost control and ploughed into them on the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway, in Firozpur Jhirka of Nuh in Haryana, on Saturday morning, police said, adding that the accused van driver has been arrested.

Four others were injured in the accident that took place at around 10 a.m. on Saturday.

The deceased were identified as Resham Devi, 60; Prem Kumar, 60; Ratna Singh, 40; Pista Kumari, 30; Jedei, 40; and Satnavati, 30—from Kheri Kalan village in Faridabad—and As Mohammad, 45, from Jhimrawat village in Nuh.

The injured workers are Lajjawati, 41; Hemlata, 37; Jagwati, 35; and Anita, 32, all identified by their first names and residents of Kheri Kalan. They are undergoing treatment, and the condition of three of them is said to be critical.