Eleven persons were killed when a tractor they were traveling in fell off the road into an irrigation canal in Manusmara in Sarlahi district on Friday.

The tractor was transporting persons of a marriage party from Sisautiya village to Tandi of Barahathwa when it fell off the road at around 10 pm .

Superintendent of Police Ganesh KC has informed that they have taken out 11 dead bodies including nine kids and two adults from the canal.