Eight persons, including six women and two minors, were killed and 26 others were injured on Monday when a tractor trolley carrying them fell into a gorge in Rajasthan's Jhunjhunu district, police said.
The incident took place in the evening when the victims were returning from a hilltop temple. Jhunjhunu Additional Superintendent of Police Tejpal Singh said that all the injured were admitted at different hospitals in Jhunjhunu and Sikar districts.
Jhunjhunu collector Khushaal Yadav said that as per the latest information, a total of 34 victims were admitted to hospitals and of them, eight died.
The deceased included six women and two minors while many of the survivors are men, he said.