Five laborers, including a minor, were killed when a tipper truck unloaded sand onto their temporary shed at a construction site in Pasodi-Chandol, Jafrabad tehsil, trapping them while they slept. A woman and a child were rescued, while the driver fled and is being sought by police.
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