(MENAFN- Gulf Times)
Twenty-six people died and more than 20 others were injured after a tractor trolley overturned in the state of Uttar Pradesh in northern India.
Indian media reported Sunday that the accident occurred in Uttar Pradesh's Kanpur district when a tractor trolley carrying around 50 people overturned and fell into a pond, killing 26 people, most of them women and children, and seriously injuring more than 20.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced financial compensation for the victims' families.
This is not the first tragic accident in Uttar Pradesh. Last Wednesday, eight people died and more than 25 others were injured after a bus collided with a truck.
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