Corona Takes 'Road Toll' Again: 6 People Run Over By Bus, Several Rushed To Hospital!

In a sad and shocking case, six migrant workers were run over by an Uttar Pradesh government bus in Muzaffarnagar district on late Wednesday night at around 11:00 pm. 

These migrant workers have been walking to their hometowns in Bihar from Punjab amid the coronavirus lockdown. Among the deceased, four are from Gopalgunj, one from Patna and one from Bhojpur.

According to the police, the bus was empty and the driver was in full speed. "They were walking. Saab, four-five have died. While Two-three are alive," an eyewitness told police on a mobile video. 

There are few videos from the site where, bodies are seen lying on the road after being hit. While, a man is seen rubbing the face of an injured migrant who seems to be in a state of shock.

Soon after this news went viral, former UP chief minister Akhilesh Yadav took to social media and said, "Deep grief over the painful death of migrant workers in the Muzaffarnagar bus accident in Uttar Pradesh.

First train and now bus accident, why the lives of workers are so cheap? Can not the poor of the country come via Vande Bharat Mission? It is not right to fly so high that the truth on the ground is ignored."

This tragic accident comes days after 16 migrant workers were killed after a cargo train ran over them while they were sleeping on the tracks in Maharashtra's Aurangabad. 

6 migrant workers who were walking along the Muzaffarnagar-Saharanpur highway killed after a speeding bus ran over them late last night, near Ghalauli check-post. Case registered against unknown bus driver. pic.twitter.com/s81e7gpYkH

— ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) May 14, 2020

उप्र के मुजफ्फरनगर बस हादसे में प्रवासी मज़दूरों की दर्दनाक मौत पर गहरा दुख. श्रद्धांजलि!

पहले ट्रेन और अब बस हादसा, मज़दूरों की ज़िंदगी इतनी सस्ती क्यों. ‘वंदे भारत मिशन’ में क्या देश की गरीब जनता नहीं आ सकती. इतना ऊपर भी उड़ना ठीक नहीं कि ज़मीन की सच्चाई की उपेक्षा हो जाए.

— Akhilesh Yadav (@yadavakhilesh) May 14, 2020