4 women die, 25 hurt in road accident | Kanpur News

Jhansi: Four women died on the spot and 25 people were injured when the tractor in which they were travelling slipped into a roadside trench in Banda district on Tuesday.
The incident took place in the Oran area under Bisanda police station of the district which is around 50 km from Banda city. According to reports, the deceased and their relatives were returning from village Dalwapura under Kamasin police station and going to their village Sahewa after attending a family function. “While the tractor was moving ahead on the road which was being widened, another tractor coming from behind, asked for a pass. When the tractor driver tried to turn his vehicle towards the left side of the road, he lost control and the tractor fell into a ten-fooot deep trench and overturned”, said SSP Banda Mahendra Pratap Singh after talking to bystanders. Four occupants of truck died on spot while others were seen writing in pain, he added. Hearing the cries, the villagers rushed to the spot and started the rescue operation. In the meantime, police also arrived and shifted all injured to Bisanda community health centre. The four, who received serious injuries, were referred to district hospital while the bodies of deceased have been sent for the postmortem, police said. The four deceased women who belonged to Sahewa village, have been identified as Chunni, Sushila, Archana and Bhuri, all in age group of 14-30 years, police added.