3 migrant workers killed as packed bus overturns in MP's Gwalior, passenger says driver was drunk

Three migrant workers were killed and eight others were critically injured after an overcrowded bus overturned in Madhya Pradesh's Gwalior. A passenger has alleged that the staff, including the driver of the bus, had consumed liquor.

Three migrant labourers were killed and eight others were critically injured after an overcrowded bus overturned on a highway near Madhya Pradesh's Gwalior district on Tuesday. The bus was on its way to Tikamgarh-Chhatarpur in Madhya Pradesh from Delhi when the incident happened. More than 12 migrant workers suffered injuries in the accident. A large number of passengers were travelling on the bus, more than its capacity. Police have reached the spot. All the injured have been sent to a hospital in Gwalior. A police official said that while the driver was negotiating a turn, "the bus overturned at the Jourasi Ghat on Gwalior-Jhansi highway around 9 am." Three labourers were killed and eight others injured in the accident.