Train kills 14 migrant workers walking home after reportedly losing jobs due to lockdown in India

Many migrant workers have been walking across states to villages as coronavirus restrictions eased

Police officers examine the railway track after a train ran over migrant workers on the track in Aurangabad district in the western state of Maharashtra, India, May 8, 2020.A train in India crashed into a group of migrant workers walking along the railroad tracks on to their way back to their home state on Friday, killing at least 14, officials and local media said.

Police said another two workers were injured in the accident in Aurangabad district of Maharashtra state, the Press Trust of India news agency reported.Police in the remote region could not immediately be reached for comment.

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