India: Two die as tractor rams into temple gate in Kanpur

Kanpur:A straw-laden tractor-trolley rammed into the temple gate here, leading to the deaths of the driver and his helper.

The temple is located in Umri village under the limits of Saadh police station area of Ghatampur.

The police said that after the tractor-trolley rammed into the gate of the temple, the two people were killed after the debris fell upon them.

The villagers rushed to the spot and tried to rescue the driver Rambabu Kuril, 38, and helper Mahesh, 35, but both of them had succumbed to their injuries.

The police reached the spot and shifted the bodies to the mortuary here.

Saadh police station in-charge Raj Kumar Singh said that the bodies were being sent for the post-mortem and the occurrence is being inspected.