Four migrant workers died and many others were injured after a mini-truck in which they were travelling overturned in Jharkhand’s Patamda, bordering Purulia’s Barabazar, early on Saturday.

Sources said 32 migrant workers were travelling from Purulia and Bankura to Jharkhand’s Tatanagar railway station to catch a train to Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh for commercial painting jobs.

“We had to catch a train in Visakhapatnam on Saturday morning, so we started from Barabazar around 1.30am. However, as soon as we crossed the border with Jharkhand, the driver of the mini-truck lost control. Three persons were killed on the

spot and another died in the hospital,” said Malay Kumar Mahato, one of the migrant workers.

Police and local sources said three of the deceased — Nirmal Mahato, 45, Durjodhon Mahato, 25, and Kirtibas Mahato, 30 — are residents of villages under Sindri gram panchayat of Barabazar. The fourth, Sanjoy Karmakar, 30, was from Bankura’s Khatra.

Masud Raihan, the block development officer of Purulia’s Barabazar, said he was informed about the accident in which three persons from his block area was killed.

“Those killed in the mishap are all migrant workers. We are keeping in touch with the local civic bodies. In case the families needs help from us, we will give it,” the BDO said.

After the second wave of the pandemic subsided, migrant workers started going back to their workplaces. “We had returned home during the lockdown but as we needed money to run our families we were going to Visakhapatnam on work again,” said worker Brindaban Mahato.