2 minor girls die as threshing machine falls on them

Two minor girls were killed and one other was seriously injured after a threshing machine fell on them at Jhaspur village in Pisavan area of the district, police said today.

Mansi, 7, Sonali, 4, and Pallavi, 5, were playing near the machine when it fell on them, they said.

The trio was rushed to hospital, where Mansi and Sonali were declared brought dead. The condition of Pallavi was stated to be stable, police said.