Prominent Urdu poet Wasim Barelvi was seriously injured when a dumper hit his car near Hapur on Tuesday.
He suffered fractures in his left arm and shoulder and had to undergo shoulder surgery at a private hospital in Karol Bagh, New Delhi. Doctors said he was out of danger.
Three others, including another poet travelling along with Barelvi, escaped unhurt.
The accident happened when Barelvi was travelling in his car from New Delhi to Bareilly. The leading Urdu poet was returning from a visit to Bahrain where he attended a 'mushaira'. Poor visibility due to dense fog was cited as the immediate reason for the mishap, sources said.
The other Urdu poet who travelled with Barelvi was identified as Akil Nomani, a resident of Mirganj town. The duo were travelling in a Creta car which collided with a dumper.
A doctor at BL Max Hospital in Karol Bagh, New Delhi, said Barelvi had sustained injuries in his left arm and shoulder. "Surgery will be performed on him. He is out of danger," the doctor added.
The front part of the car crashed into the dumper in the accident. The driver and the gunman of Barelvi had a miraculous escape due to the timely opening of the airbags.
Meanwhile on Tuesday night, a speeding motorcycle rammed into a truck going ahead on the Chilbila Amethi highway, killing three youths riding the motorcycle.
As soon as the news was received, the Antu police shifted the injured to the medical college where the doctors pronounced all three dead.
Reports said that three youths riding a Pulsar motorcycle were coming towards Biharganj market at Kakarha turn under Antu police station in Pratapgarh district on Tuesday night. The truck was moving in front of them. According to the police, suddenly the speed of the truck reduced due to which the speeding motorcycle rammed into the truck from behind and all the three received critical injuries. The truck driver later escaped with the vehicle.
Some passers-by informed the police which reached the spot and shifted the victims to hospital but all the three died.
The deceased were identified as Golu alias Shubham Singh (26) of Sitapur, Rohit Singh (28) of Pachkhara and Ashutosh Singh (28) of Dahilamau, Nagar Kotwali.