Badaun (UP), Jun 17 (PTI) Six women were killed and three others sustained serious injuries after a tractor collided with an e-rickshaw on the Bareilly-Mathura road in Uttar Pradesh’s Badaun district on Wednesday afternoon, officials said.
The accident took place when eight women of a family were travelling to Garhhauna village in the e-rickshaw to invite relatives for a wedding.
According to police, the family of Dalchand Maurya, a resident of Murawan Nagla village, was preparing for the wedding of his son Kunwar Pal scheduled for June 29. Police said the e-rickshaw was allegedly trying to avoid another tractor when another speeding tractor coming from the opposite direction hit it. The impact left the e-rickshaw badly damaged.
The deceased were identified as Prema Devi (32), Gangashri alias Sarla (32), Rajkumari (50), Revati (80), Narayani (30) and Aarti (30).
The e-rickshaw driver Shani and two other women suffered serious injuries and were admitted to the medical college, where their condition was stated to be critical.
Police and rescue teams reached the spot after receiving information and shifted the injured to hospital. District Magistrate Avneesh Rai and Senior Superintendent of Police Ankita Sharma also reached the spot.
Rai said a preliminary investigation suggested that the e-rickshaw driver was attempting to avoid one tractor when the collision with another tractor took place.
“Both tractor drivers involved in the accident have been taken into custody. The matter is being investigated,” the district magistrate said.
The bodies have been sent for postmortem examination and an inquiry team headed by Additional District Magistrate (Administration) has been constituted to investigate the accident, officials said.PTI COR KIS DV DV
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