Surat: 12 labourers were crushed to death on Tuesday morning, by rammed a truck on them, while they are sleeping on the road side in Gujarat. Nearly 15 labourers belongs to Rajasthan were sleeping on the road side, the tragic incident happened, 12 of them died on the spot.

The incident took place early this morning near Kosamba village, around 60 km from Surat, police said. A dumper truck ran over the sleeping labourers on the Kim-Mandvi road killing 12 on the spot.

According to the police, some injured labourers have been shifted to a nearby hospital. Three of the eight injured died during treatment taking the total fatalities to 15.

More details are awaiting.