Three people were killed when their car collided with a truck on the Nainital-Bareilly highway in Bareilly district on Sunday morning.
According to Bareilly’s Superintendent of Police (Rural) Rajkumar Agarwal, three persons in a car died after the vehicle collided with a truck loaded with sugarcane in Baheri locality of the district.
One person was seriously injured in the accident.
"The injured was admitted to a hospital in Bareilly.
Police sent the bodies for post-mortem. And were making efforts to identify the victims.
In another mishap, three people were killed in a car-truck collision in Hathras district. The accident took place on Saturday night when a car (Hyundai i10) collided with a Tata truck on the bypass in the Chandpa police station area of Hathras district.
On being informed, the police reached the spot and rushed the three injured car passengers to the district hospital where they died during treatment.
Police sent the bodies for post-mortem.
"The car bore a Delhi registration number. The deceased car driver has been identified as Chandrapal alias Kalu of Ashok Vihar in Delhi. Kalu was going with his friends Chandan Kumar of Jaunpur and Dinesh of Hathras to Agra after attending a family function when they met with an accident,” DySP Ruchi Gupta said.
Meanwhile, the bodies of a 27-year-old woman and her 7-year-old daughter were found in a pond at Devtaha village in Deoria district, police said on Sunday.
According to Deoria’s Superintendent of Police Sankalp Sharma, a missing complaint regarding the victims was filed last Thursday and the bodies were recovered two days later on Saturday evening.
"A video has been recovered from the victim`s cellphone which indicates that it is a suicide case. But we are still investigating this case in a proper manner," the SP said.
A relative of the victim alleged that the woman used to be tortured by her in-laws and there was a rift between them, for the past few days.
"The victim was married in 2012 and gave birth to a daughter later. The in-laws used to torture her a lot and there was a riff between them," said Deepak Singh a relative.
"There were many bruises on the face of the woman," he further stated.
Investigations are underway.