LAKHIMPUR KHERI, April 24 -- Despite state rules prohibiting the use of tractor-trolleys for carrying passengers, such vehicles continue to be widely used for transportation, even as accident cases are on the rise. The concern has resurfaced following a recent incident in Lakhimpur Kheri, where five people were killed and around two dozen others were injured after a trolley lost balance and overturned.

On Thursday afternoon, at least five people, including two women and three minor girls, were killed and two dozen others were injured-nine of them critically-when a tractor pulling two trolleys overturned on the Dhakherwa-Ghajiapur highway near Aughad Baba temple. The incident occurred within the Padhuva police jurisdiction in Nighasan teh...