Tragedy hit Amroha when seven members of a family including three children were killed and two others injured when their car rammed into an over-loaded tractor trolley near Dhanurah tehsil in the wee hours of Monday.
The accident occurred when the family was going to Chandpur town of the neighbouring Bijnor district to attend a funeral when their Wagon-R car (Dl05CD-2167) rammed into an over-loaded trolley from behind, reports said. The deceased have been identified as Prachi (8), Anshul (7), Manish (12), Kallu (65), Kailaso (60), Anuradha (30) and Deepak (24), police said. Sanjana (14) and driver Mannu (35) were injured in the accident. locals later blocked the Aligarh-Dehradun road, keeping the dead bodies on the road till the driver of the trolley was arrested and demanded compensation for the victims, police said. The bodies have been sent for post-mortem, and the injured are undergoing treatment in a nearby hospital
Meanwhile five more persons died in two separate road mishaps. In first case reported from Sitapur, three persons including a minor were killed when the motorcycle on which they were traveling was hit by a truck in Signapur village. Satish (40), his son Guddu (12) and Arvind(25)lost their lives after their motorcycle was hit by a truck at laharpur police station area on Monday morning. The deceased were the residents of laharpur and were travelling to their native village when the mishap took place. The bodies have been sent to post mortem, and efforts are on to nab the accused driver of the truck who fled the spot.
In another case reported from Bareilly, two youth were killed in a collision between an auto and a Tata Sumo near the residence of the District Magistrate. Reports said that the accident took place on Sunday night, injuring six persons traveling in the auto. All the injured were shifted to District Hospital where Uttam (23) and Suraj (18) were pronounced dead upon arrival. The driver of Tata Sumo has been arrested and the bodies were sent for post-mortem examination.