At least 35 migrant labourers were injured, 10 of them seriously, when a bus carrying them from Rajasthan to Hamirpur fell into a ditch, police said on Friday. The accident occurred in the Bithauli area of Etawah.
The incident took place on Thursday around 11pm when the bus driver lost control and the vehicle fell into a roadside ditch, circle officer Massa Singh said.
Hearing screams of passengers, villagers rushed to the scene and pulled them out.
Later, police reached the spot and rushed the labourers to a hospital, where condition of 10 of them is stated to be serious.
According to local media reports, the passengers on the bus were brick kiln workers, who had not been properly paid or given food. The driver and two other bus staff fled after the accident.
(With PTI inputs)
