Road accident claims over 20 lives in north India-Xinhua

Road accident claims over 20 lives in north India

Source: Xinhua| 2022-10-02 10:28:15|Editor: huaxia

NEW DELHI, Oct. 2 (Xinhua) -- More than 20 people died, including 10 children and 10 women, and several others were injured in a road accident in north India on Saturday evening when the vehicle they were traveling in overturned and fell into a pond, local police said.

The mishap occurred in Kanpur district of India's northern state Uttar Pradesh. The injured were admitted to a local hospital.

There were around 50 people in the vehicle, who were returning home from a temple in a nearby town, local police official told Xinhua over phone.

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