2 school girls killed, 5 other kids injured as vehicle overturns in UP's Chitrakoot

Two school girls were killed and five other children were injured when the vehicle they were travelling in overturned in Chitrakoot district of Uttar Pradesh, a senior police official said on Thursday.

The students of a school in Kol Gadhiya village had taken a lift in the tractor-trolley on Wednesday afternoon on their way home when it overturned while negotiating a turn, Superintendent of Police Manoj Kumar Jha said.

Shanti (12) and Vibha (13) died on the spot, Jha said.

Five other school children were injured and admitted to a hospital, he said adding that the driver fled the scene leaving the tractor-trolley behind.