Twelve passengers were killed in two separate road mishaps in Kanpur Dehat and Saharanpur on Sunday.
In teh first incident at Kanpur Deh, eight persons were killed and three others including a girl were critically injured when a SUV carrying baratis collided with a mini-truck near Shahzadpur village of Akbarpur police station area on National Highway - 2 on Sunday morning.
SP, Pushpanjali Devi said that the accident occurred while the members of the marriage party were returning from a tilak function in Etawah.
The truck was coming from the wrong direction and hit the SUV in which seven died on the spot while one succumbed to injuries on way to the hospital. An 18-year-old girl Kanchan, who was critically injured in the accident lost one of hands and was referred to lucknow for advanced treatment.
The decaesed were identified as Man Singh (65), Shivam (18), Shivansh (16), Sanjay Singh (45), Kalyan Singh (40), Sunny Singh (18), Surendra Singh (65) and Rahul (25). All the deceased were residents of Kanpur and adjoining places.
Expressing grief over the mishap, Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav announced a compensation of Rs 2 lakh to the family of each deceased while Rs 50,000 to the injured persons.
Meanwhile in Saharanpur, a car collided with a dumper coming from an opposite direction in Khatuali village on Deoband-Saharanpur road under Nagal police station area around 8.30 am on Sunday. Due to the heavy impact, four occupants of the car died on the spot and the car caught fire in which another occupant was charred. The car was completed burnt and its registration plate too could not be identified. The dumper driver fled the scene after the incident.
The police were making efforts to ascertain the identity of the victims. The dumper was seized and investigations are on.