In northern India, a farm tractor towing a cart full of people crashed and plummeted into a pond, killing 26, the majority of whom were women and children, officials reported on Sunday.
On Saturday night, the wagon was returning from a ceremony at a nearby Hindu temple with about 40 people inside, according to police superintendent Tej Swaroop Singh. He claimed that drowning was the main cause of death.
The disaster occurred in the Ghatampur neighbourhood of Kanpur city, roughly 60 miles (100 kilometres) southwest of Lucknow, the state capital of Uttar Pradesh. At least 10 persons were hurt.
The injured have been taken into a medical facility.
The accident’s cause is being looked into.
Sat., Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted his sorrow over the tractor-trolley accident in Kanpur. All of those who have lost loved ones are in my thoughts. prayers for the wounded.”
At least 12 persons were killed in the second incident involving a tractor hauling people in the past three days.
Yogi Adityanath, the highest ranking elected official in Uttar Pradesh, advised against using agricultural tractors for passenger transportation.
“Tractor-trolleys should only be used for agricultural purposes and to transport goods, never for passenger transportation, “In a statement, stated.
With hundreds of thousands of fatalities and injuries on the roads every year, India has some of the highest road fatality rates in the world. The majority of collisions are attributed to careless driving, badly kept roads, and aged vehicles.
