Four persons including two women were killed and about 18 persons injured after the tractor in which they were travelling overturned near Bundeli village under Jhagrakhand police station on Saturday evening.
The injured have been admitted in the District Hospital Koriya and their condition was reportedly out of danger, the Station House Officer (SHO), Jhagrakhand, A K Nag informed.
According to him, the mishap occurred around 5:30 pm about 3 kms away from the police station.
The ill-fated persons who used to work in an Anicut under construction on Hasdeo River were returning to their respective villages on the tractor (CG-16 E-8569).
About 23 to 25 persons were seated in the tractor when the driver lost his control on the wheels near a turning that probably caused the mishap, the SHO said.After the incident, the tractor driver managed to flee from incident spot, he said.