6 killed, 10 injured After Tractor-Trolley Falls Off Bridge in Uttar Pradesh’s Shahjahanpur

The fatal incident took place after a tractor-trolley fell from a bridge into the Garra river in Tilhar's Birsinghpur village.

Shahjahanpur: At least six people were killed and 10 others were injured when a tractor-trolley fell off a bridge in Uttar Pradesh’s Shahjahanpur on Saturday. The fatal incident took place after a tractor-trolley fell from a bridge into the Garra river in Tilhar’s Birsinghpur village. Injured passengers were rushed to a nearby hospital by the locals.

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Additional Superintendent of Police (Rural) Sanjeev Bajpai told news agency PTI that the casualties might increase as the rescue work was going on at present. On the instructions of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, officials of the district administration, SDRF and NDRF have reached the spot and are engaged in relief work, an official spokesperson in Lucknow said. The accident took place when about 30 people on the tractor-trolley were going to fetch water and it fell into the river from the bridge on the Nigohi road, the official added.

People from Ajmatpur village were going to fetch water for ‘Bhagwat katha’ when the accident took place, the official added. The number of deaths may increase, the official said, adding that injured have been rushed to the Government Medical College.