The seriously injured have been admitted to a government medical college in Badaun
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Six people were killed and 14 others were injured when the tractor-trolley they were travelling in overturned and fell into a ditch after being hit by a tanker on Bareilly-Agra road in Uttar Pradesh, on Tuesday, police said.
Six people were killed and 14 others were injured when the tractor-trolley they were travelling in overturned and fell into a ditch after being hit by a tanker on Bareilly-Agra road in Uttar Pradesh, on Tuesday, police said.
Some families belonging to Auramai village under Moosazhag area of the district had gone to take a dip in river Ganga in a tractor-trolley this morning. While returning around 3 pm, a tanker hit their vehicle from behind in an attempt to overtake it in Civil Lines police station area, Senior Superintendent of Police OP Singh, said.
The tractor-trolley which lost balance overturned and fell into a ditch, the SSP said, adding that five women and a child died on the spot.
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The deceased have been identified as Anita Devi (40), Sangeeta (19), Sushma (65), Veera Devi (75), Poonam (28) and Sahdev (12).
The seriously injured have been admitted to a government medical college in Badaun.
The tanker driver fled from the spot after the incident, he said adding that investigations are on.
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