Lucknow, Aug. 15 -- Four people were killed after a tractor-trolley carrying bricks overturned on Sultanpur Highway Road in Lucknow's Gangaganj area early Saturday, police said.

The accident occurred around 4:45am when the tractor-trolley overturned and four people were trapped underneath it.

On receiving information, police from Gosainganj, fire services personnel and an NHAI team reached the spot. The trapped victims were rescued with the help of an NHAI crane and taken to the Community Health Centre (CHC), Gosainganj, in ambulances.

Doctors declared three of them dead, while the fourth, who was critically injured, was referred to a trauma centre. He, however, died while being taken to the hospital.

Police identified the deceased as...