9 workers killed as speeding car runs them over in Punjab’s Sangrur

Workers were sitting on the roadside

CHANDIGARH: At least nine workers were killed after a car ran over them on Lehragaga-Jakhar road in Punjab’s Sangrur district on Sunday, police said.According to an eyewitness, the workers were sitting on the roadside when a speeding car mowed them down.Five workers died on the spot, while the injured were taken to a hospital for treatment, an official said.Punjab Cabinet minister Barinder Kumar Goyal expressed grief over the incident.Nine people have lost their lives in the accident, said Inspector Jaskaran Singh (SHO) of the Lehragaga Police Station.(With Agency Inputs)