A dozen persons were killed and four others injured in four road accidents in Unnao, lakhimpur Kheri, Hathras and Muzaffarnagar respectively.
In Unnao, five of a family were killed and two others injured when a sand-laden truck overturned over an oncoming SUV in Asiwan area early Saturday morning. The family was on way to Vridavan for a darshan.
SP of Unnao Harish Kumar said that the incident occurred near Rasulabad village when the sand- laden truck turned turtle on the SUV while overtaking. Cranes were used to bring out the mangled SUV and extricate the bodies.
The mishap left Hiralal (33), his wife Niketa (32), daughter Vaishnavi (13) and son Divash (9) along with Shravan (26) daed on the spot. Two others, traveling on the truck, were injured and admitted to a hospital. Hiralal was an employee in the office of DM, Unnao.
Meanwhile in lakhimpur Kheri, four of a family including a minor were killed and two others injured when an uncontrolled truck overturned crushing people in slumber near a dhaba close to Sisaiya roundabout in Ishanagar police station area.
The deceased were identified as Badalu (70), his daughter Nazima (35) and granddaughters Mahek (3) and Ruby (18). Two others were injured and were stated to be critical. Additional SP (East) Prasanth Varma along with Dhaurahara and Isanagar police rushed to the spot and the bodies were sent for autopsy. The truck driver was taken into custody. Meanwhile in Hathras, a woman and a girl were killed and another injured when their motorcycle was hit by a container vehicle on Hathras-Aligarh road on Saturday morning. The deceased were identified as Sudha (21) and Sangita (16) while injured motorcyclist Manoj was admitted to district hospital.
In the last incident in Muzaffarnagar, a 50-year-old woman was killed and 12 others injured when their bus crashed into a stationary truck near Jaroda village on Friday evening. The victims were pilgrims returning from Haridwar to Delhi. The deceased was identified as Santosh and the injured were rushed to a nearby hospital.