A girl student of BTC was run over by a speeding truck in Unnao while a Class 3 student was killed along with his grandfather in a road mishap in Fatehpur.
As per reports from Unnao, one Jyoti Tewari (25) of Jagdishpur locality of Gopalganj district of Bihar, was a final year student of BTC in a degree college in Lucknow. She lived with her friend Neha Rajput, a resident of Krishnanagar locality under Ajgain Kotwali in Unnao. Neha was also doing BTC with Jyoti. Jyoti was also trying for a job to manage her expenses.
According to reports, Jyoti appeared for an interview for the job of receptionist at Sahara Hospital in Lucknow. She was informed about her selection and called to Lucknow to collect the appointment letter. On Thursday, Jyoti reached Nawabganj by auto to go to Lucknow. As a Roadways bus came and she moved forward to board it, a speeding truck crushed her. The truck driver later escaped with the vehicle.
The deceased was the eldest of five siblings. Neha claimed that she and Jyoti completed a civil engineer trade course from Government Polytechnic, Lucknow and after becoming friends, they were now doing a BTC course together from Lucknow.
In Fatehpur, a boy and his grandfather going to drop him at school were killed in a road mishap on Thursday morning.
Reports said that Akshay, the 10-year-old grandson of Chhedalal Verma of Gondha village under Chandpur police station, was studying in Class 3 at Super Montessori School in Sathigwan. On Thursday morning, as usual, Chhedalal was going to drop Akshay at school by bicycle. A private bus going from Amauli to Fatehpur hit them near Budhanda village in Chandpur. Both Akshay and Chhedalal died on the spot.
After the accident, the driver fled from the spot along with the vehicle.
The agitated local residents later staged a protest and also blocked the traffic movement on Amauli-Fatehpur road for several hours, demanding arrest of the driver and ban on movement of private buses on the road. On the assurance of senior officers, the roadblock was lifted and the body was sent for autopsy.
In another tragic incident in Auraiya, two youths, including a groom who got a motorcycle as dowry, were killed in a road mishap.
Reports said that the marriage procession of Ramesh had gone to Kannauj from Karhal in Mainpuri district on Wednesday. The bride’s father gave a motorcycle to the groom as dowry. On Thursday morning, when the marriage party was returning, the groom preferred to ride the gifted motorcycle along with one of his cousins. As soon as both the youths reached near Chirkua Pulia of Bidhuna Kotwali area, a vehicle hit them, due to which both were badly injured. The passers-by admitted them to hospital where both died.
A case was registered and the bodies were sent for autopsy.