Four died in a watery grave after the car they were in veered off into a roadside pond near Karimuddin Nagar village in Hapur district on Wednesday night.
The incident came to light on Thursday morning after the locals alerted the police.
Kapoorpur police identified the deceased as Rahul, Haroon and Shokeen of Kapoorpur and Arun from Dhaulana. All of them were working at Vedanta farm in Ghaziabad district. The mishap occurred when they were returning home from the farm.
The locals staged a protest condemning the district administration for its failure to install railings at the pond. After talks, the locals allowed the bodies to be shifted for autopsy.
District Magistrate Medha Rupam visited the spot to take stock of the situation. Police said locals were the first to spot the white Honda City submerged in the pond. Police rushed to the spot to launch rescue efforts. The ill-fated car was fished out of the pond and the lifeless bodies were recovered.
A local resident said, "The deceased belonged to Karimuddin Nagar village. They were working at Vedanta farm in Ghaziabad. They were returning home. The car driver seems to have lost control over the wheel leading to the accident." According to him, the accident happened because of the poor infrastructure.
“The pond does not have a rail guard or a raised concrete wall to help the driver differentiate while driving. We want Rs 10 lakh compensation for the kin of the deceased,” he said.
Pilkhuwa Circle Officer Varun Mishra said, "We received information about the accident at around 7 am. Someone dialed 112 informing us that white Honda City car had fallen into the pond. The occupants in the car were working at a farmhouse in Ghaziabad."
Meanwhile, a car going from Delhi to Shamshabad was hit by an unknown truck on GT Road Pilua bypass in Pilua area of Etah district, killing two people.
The police said that there were eight people in the car, out of which six people were injured.
Circle Officer of Sadar, Sangam Lal Mishra, said that at around 3 pm on Wednesday night, a car going to Shamshabad was hit by a truck, due to which the car crashed into the divider and overturned. He said Rafiq (age 68 years) and Javed Ahmed (age 71 years) were badly injured in the accident and they were taken to the district hospital where doctors pronounced them dead.
He said that Nisar Sultan was seriously injured in the accident, and sent from Etah's Rani Avanti Bai Medical College to Aligarh medical college hospital. Five other persons sustained minor injuries and were treated at Etah medical college hospital.
The police sent the bodies for autopsy.
The truck driver escaped after the accident and the cops were making efforts to arrest him.
Meanwhile, at least 24 people were injured after a bus carrying 50 passengers lost control and rammed into a high-tension electric pole in Maharajganj district.
The accident happened when the Roadway bus belonging to Sonauli depot was coming from Gorakhpur to Maharajganj.
The driver reportedly did not know the route and was over-speeding, which led to the accident.
The passengers suffered electric shocks after the bus collided with the electric pole. Soon after the incident was reported, police, administration and health officials reached the spot and rescued the passengers. The district magistrate and district police chief also visited the spot.