A horrific highway collision claimed the lives of three railway construction workers and critically injured thirteen others on Sunday night when a speeding commercial truck rammed into their tractor-trolley near Ratlam in Madhya Pradesh. The laborers were returning to their temporary campsite after completing track-laying shifts along the Western Railway corridor.
The impact of the high-speed rear-end collision overturned the farm vehicle into an adjacent roadside ditch, pinning numerous laborers beneath heavy iron construction tools and machinery. Local villagers and highway patrol units conducted an emergency rescue operation, pulling survivors from the wreckage and rushing the injured to the Ratlam district hospital.
Police impounded the offending truck, which had been abandoned by its fleeing driver, and registered criminal cases for reckless driving resulting in death. Railway contractors and district administrative authorities announced interim ex-gratia compensation for the bereaved families and pledged to cover all medical expenses for the hospitalized laborers.
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