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In a tragic accident, three children lost their lives while others sustained injuries after a wall collapsed in Agra’s Kagarol on Tuesday. The deceased included two girls and a boy, aged between 3 and 8 years. After the incident, locals tried to rescue the people trapped under the debris.
On getting information about the incident, police reached the spot and rushed all those trapped under the debris to a hospital where doctors declared three children dead.
“Three children died while others were injured after a wall collapsed in Kagarol. Two girls and a boy were brought dead to the hospital. The injured are under treatment. A total of nine people were trapped under the debris,” Agra District Magistrate Prabhu N Singh said.
In another incident, a groom died a few hours before his marriage. The incident took place in Barabanki on Wednesday morning. Reports said that Tafazul, a resident of Nahamau hamlet of Masauli in Barabanki, was to get married on Wednesday afternoon.
Everyone in the family was getting ready for the wedding. The tragedy struck when Tafazul was trying to switch on a water pump. He inadvertently touched a live wire and was electrocuted. He was rushed to hospital where the doctors pronounced him dead upon arrival. A case was registered in this regard and the body was sent for autopsy.