Toll

rises to 8

CM

announces Rs 5 lakh compensation

Mumbai, 02

Apr (HS): The death toll in the Samruddhi Mahamarg in Jalna district has gone

up to eight with an injured woman lost life during treatment. Seven women workers were killed while boarding

a pick-up van after finishing their work in a farm on Wednesday evening, when a

speeding truck his them from behind. Seven workers died on the site, while five

were injured. One of the injured women died in the hospital, District Police

Superintendent Ajay Kumar Bansal informed the media on Thursday.

Meanwhile,

police have arrested the truck driver. The truck was going to Mumbai from

Nagpur. The driver had fled the site after the accident, which occurred around

6 pm on Wednesday.

The

deceased have ben identified as Alkabai Dadarao Admane (45), Laxmibai Santosh

Madan (33), Meenabai Parmeshwar Admane (45), Kanchanbai Prakash Admane (50),

Tarabai Gahenaji Chaudhari (60), Kadubai Ramdas Madan (55) and Sumanbai Kachru

Admane (70). The woman worker who died on Thursday in the hospital has not been

identified.

Prayagbai

Babasaheb Wagh (30), Kavita Chaudhari (35), Dinesh Rangnath Gaikwad (42), and

unidentified 50 years old woman are being treated at a hospital in Jalna. The

injured include driver of the ill-feted Mahindra Pick-up Van, Dinesh Gaikwad

and his associate are also being treated in the Hospital.

CM ANNOUNCES

FINANCIAL SUPPORT: Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has expressed

grief over the death of women workers in the accident and has announced

financial support of Rs 5 lakh each to the families of the deceased.

Efforts

are being made to get compensation from their employer

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Hindusthan Samachar / Ajay Vasant Mardikar