Three people were killed and two others injured today after a tractor-trolley was hit by a canter-truck on a bridge and both vehicles fell into a river, police said.
The accident took place around 6 am on the bridge over the Kosi river in Udham Singh Nagar district's Sultanpur area, Sub-Inspector Indresh Kumar said.
The tractor-trolley, which had broken down, was hit by the truck at great speed from behind. The impact was so strong that both vehicles fell into the river by breaking the bridge's gurad rails, he said.
Three people, including a woman, died on the spot, the SI said.
Those killed were on the canter-truck which was loaded with beverage bottles. Those injured were on the tractor- trolley transporting wood, he said.
The injured were admitted in a hospital in Kashipur, he said.
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