Six migrant workers on their way home were killed in accidents in Uttar Pradesh since Thursday evening, police said.

In Barabanki, seven labourers returning from Surat were hit by a truck on the Lucknow-Ayodhya National Highway on Friday. Shishupal, 32, his brother Jeetendra, 30, and uncle Mohan Nishad, 40, were killed. In Jalaun, a truck ferrying 45 migrant workers back from Mumbai fell into a ditch on Thursday. Sundari and Sher Bahadur Gautam were killed and 40 were injured. Ghulam Jilani, 28, was killed when another truck from Mumbai overturned in his home district Bahraich.