Thirteen women and girls have died in northern India after falling into a deep well. The tragic accident happened during a wedding ceremony in the town of Kushinagar, local police chief Akhil Kumar reported.
The victims sat on an iron plate that covered the well when it broke, Kumar said. The fifty-foot-deep pit was old and could not bear the weight of the women and girls. After their fall, they were crushed under the rubble. Two others were also seriously injured in the drama.
The guests of the ceremony immediately took the victims to the hospital. There, 11 women were immediately pronounced dead, two others died of their injuries shortly afterwards. TV images show relatives in hospital mourning for their loved ones, while they were still wearing their wedding clothes, reports the Indian channel NDTV†
India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed his condolences to the families of the victims, calling the accident “heartbreaking.”
Exuberant ceremonies
Indian weddings are often grandiose affairs with huge numbers of guests and lavish ceremonies lasting several days. In 2017, 24 revelers were killed in the northwestern state of Rajasthan when a wall collapsed during a storm.
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