At least three people, including a woman, were killed while two others sustained injuries when an autorickshaw and a tractor collided at the Ibrahimpur canal under Kotwali police station in Bhadohi on Tuesday evening.
SP Bhadohi Anil Kumar said on Wednesday that the driver of the car died on the spot while two passengers, including a woman, died while being taken to hospital. The two injured passengers were taken to a district hospital and are out of danger, he said. The tractor was secured and a search was launched for the tractor driver.
According to the police, the auto driver Sunil Pandey (35) was heading to Gopiganj from Gyanpur after picking up Tanu Srivastava (42), Murlidhar Dubey (48), Deepak Gupta (41) and Anil Kumar in his vehicle. The car was passing through the Ibrahimpur canal when a moving tractor hit it.