Three persons, including two women, were killed and about 24 others got injured when a tractor trolley on which they were travelling overturned on the G T Road near Purain village here, police said today.
The victims were on their way to Sheetla dham in Kaushmabi district when the driver lost control over the tractor while trying to overtake another vehicle and it overturned, police said.
Santosh Kumari (35), Ganga (45) and Ramesh (28) died on the spot, police said, adding that the injured were admitted to the community health centre where condition of eight of them was stated to be serious.