Raisen (Madhya Pradesh), February 11 A woman and a seven-year-old girl were killed, and approximately 24 devotees were injured when a tractor-drawn cart carrying them overturned in the Raisen district while they were returning after attending a religious event, a police officer said on Wednesday.
Six of the seriously injured individuals include three minors.
The incident occurred on Tuesday evening at Gadhi, about 50 kilometers from the Raisen district headquarters, when the driver of the tractor-cart lost control of the vehicle, the officer said.
The occupants of the tractor-cart included 32 tribal people who were returning to their village after attending a religious event, said Sub-Divisional Police Officer (SDOP) Sonal Gupta.
After being alerted, Gadhi police post in-charge Virendra Vishwakarma reached the spot with a team and took all 25 injured persons to Gairatganj Civil Hospital, she said.
A woman named Ayodhya Bai (60) died on the spot, while Jiya, aged seven years, succumbed to her injuries at the hospital.
