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Chandigarh: Tragedy strikes after four people, including two kids, were killed while eighteen others were grievously injured after a trolley truck, carrying pilgrims, overturned. The incident occurred near a village in Haryana’s Sirsa when the truck was travelling from Punjab to a temple in Rajasthan.
Following preliminary investigation, it appeared that the incident happened after the hook of the tractor-trolley came off. The pilgrims were headed from different villages near Patran in Punjab’s Patiala districts to Gogamedi in Rajasthan when the accident occurred.
The occurrence happened on Thursday evening when the hook of the tractor trolley came off, Station House Officer of NathuSari Chopta police station, Ishwar said.
He said the devotees were headed from different villages near Patran in Punjab’s Patiala district to Gogamedi in Rajasthan when the accident occurred.
“Four people, including two children, died in this accident. Eighteen others were injured and they were taken to a hospital. The accident occurred when the hook of the tractor trolley came off and it overturned,” the police official said.
This accident underlines the serious danger posed by reckless driving and demands collective effort to stop it.
