Preliminary findings suggest Kushinagar tractor-trolley hook snapped, 3 women dead
India
A heartbreaking accident in Kushinagar district saw a tractor-trolley carrying at least 25 devotees to Bhainsa Ghat for Chaitra Navami fall into a canal after preliminary findings suggested the hook connecting the tractor and trolley snapped.
Sadly, three women, Vimla Devi (45), Meera Devi (57), and Srimati Devi (51), didn't make it.
Kushinagar: 16 injured, 2 critical
16 others were injured, with two still in critical condition at Kushinagar Medical College.
Local residents and police jumped in right away to help with rescue efforts.
Authorities have started an inquiry to figure out exactly how things went so wrong.