Two persons died and 16 others were injured, four of them critically, when the tractor they were sitting in overturned at Timli forest area in Vikasnagar on Thursday. Around 35 persons were coming to Vikasnagar from Saharanpur (Uttar Pradesh) in the tractor after hearing the news of one of their family members Juber having died while bathing in Shakti Canal, Vikasnagar. Police reached the site and rushed the injured to the higher centres after they were provided with primary medical aids at Herbertpur hospital. The deceased have been identified as Saharanpur (Taharpur) natives Sanjila aged 48 and Mustikim aged 45. Out of the 16 injured, condition of four identified as Shakil, Matlub, Yusuf and Salim are stated to be critical.
Police said that the accident occurred when the driver lost the control over the tractor. Two bodies were sent for post-mortem, said a Vikasnagar-based police officer.
The police officer further said that Juber who was working as a sanitation worker in Shakti Canal had been swept away by the currents to the danger zone when he was bathing in it along with his relatives and friends around noon on Wednesday. Upon being informed, a team led by Vikasnagar police station senior sub-inspector PD Bhatt and water police personnel from Dakpatthar had rushed to the spot and started a search operation. Body was yet to be fished out, said police.