NEW DELHI, August 3 (RIA Novosti) - At least 60 laborers were killed after an overloaded truck they were travelling plunged into a river in eastern India, local television said on Sunday.
The accident happened late on Saturday when the farm workers were returning to their villages from the fields in the eastern state of Bihar, local television said.
According to the latest data, there were around 100 people crammed into the back of the truck when the driver lost control and the vehicle plunged into the river. Many people died after they were crushed under heavy sacks of grains, local television said.
