Summary:
Around 16 migrant workers sleeping on rail tracks were crushed to death by a goods train at Satana village in the limits of Karmad police station near Aurangabad district at around 05.30 am on Friday. Of the total 16 deceased, 14 died on the spot while two others died on their way to the hospital. According to the local police, a group of around 20 migrants started walking from Jalna district to Bhusawal in Madhya Pradesh which is around 170 Kms. Injured have been taken to Aurangabad civil hospital and an inquiry has been ordered," the Railway Ministry tweeted. They walked till Badnapore by road and then went onto the track towards Aurangabad..