Train crushes 16 migrant workers in India

At least sixteen migrant workers have died after being run over by a freight train in the western state of Maharashtra, India on Friday morning.

The incident occurred between Badnapur and Karnad railway stations in Aurangabad district which is about 230 miles from the capital of India, Mumbai.

A spokesman for the regional railways authority confirmed the incident.

Some railway officials also added that the workers were walking towards their home state Madhya Pradesh after they lost their jobs due to the COVID-19 lockdown.

However, a local police official said the migrants slept off on the tracks assuming that trains were not running due to coronavirus lockdown.

Indian prime minister, Narendra Modi, has expressed grief over the incident.