At least eight labourers were electrocuted on Monday while working at a road construction site in Chhapoli village of Rajasthan’s Jhunjhunu district. The site falls under the Udaipurwati police station area.
Udaipurwati Station House Officer Rampal said a gravel-mixing machine came into contact with an overhead high-tension electricity line. The contact caused electric current to pass through the equipment, affecting the workers in its vicinity.
The incident occurred while construction work was underway, and the labourers near the machine suffered electric shocks.
Eight killed, 15 injured in Kota bus accident
In a separate incident earlier on October 17, a passenger bus fell from a bridge on the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway in Rajasthan’s Kota district, leaving eight people dead and 15 injured.
The bus was carrying family members travelling from Bhopal to the Khatu Shyam Ji temple to seek blessings. The accident took place near Karadia in the Simaliya police station area.
Initial information indicated that the vehicle plunged into a drain from a height of around 15 feet. More than 25 people were travelling in the bus at the time of the accident.
Rescue operations were carried out after the crash, and the injured passengers were taken to hospital for medical treatment. Police officer Nand Singh confirmed the deaths of four passengers during the initial response, while several injured people were shifted to hospital.
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