2 schoolgirls killed, 5 other kids injured as vehicle overturns in UP

Banda, July 19

Two schoolgirls were killed and five other children were injured when the vehicle they were travelling in overturned in the neighbouring Chitrakoot district, a senior police official said on Thursday.

The students of a school at Kol Gadhiya village had taken a lift in the tractor-trolley on Wednesday afternoon on their way home when it overturned while negotiating a turn, Superintendent of Police Manoj Kumar Jha said.

Shanti (12) and Vibha (13) died on the spot, Jha said.

Five other schoolchildren were injured and admitted to a hospital, he said, adding that the driver fled the scene leaving the tractor-trolley behind. PTI