Six persons, including two children, were killed and four injured in a road accident in Siddharthnagar district on Monday morning.
As per reports, ten persons were travelling in a car which fell into a culvert near Dhoswa village in Siddharthnagar district. Six among them, including two children, killed and four others sustained injuries
They were going to Bihar to Mairva Mata Sthan for a ‘mundan’ ceremony when the car fell into a culvert in Madhubaniya road, police said.
“One Munil Kumar (30), a resident of Raxaul village under Kapilwastu police station area in Siddharthnagar district, was driving the car and he probably dozed off leading to the mishap.
Umsesh (18), Himanshu (3), Shivangi (8) both children of Munil, Savitri (42), Saraswati, (67) and Kamlawati (35) died on the spot, police said.
The injured were identified as Munil, Shiwanshu (4), Gita (12) and Savitri (26). Savitri and Shiwanshu were referred to Gorakhpur BRD Medical College hospital and the rest two were undergoing treatment in the district hospital.
Meanwhile, around a dozen passengers were injured when a private bus going to Sikathia from Ramadevi suddenly overturned on Maharajpur highway on Monday afternoon.
The police with the help of passers-by rescued the passengers trapped in the bus by breaking the window glasses.
A dozen passengers sustained serious injuries in the mishap. There were around 70 passengers in the bus.
Due to the mishap, movement of traffic on the highway remained disrupted for some time. According to reports, a speeding bus overturned after crashing into the road divider near KIT on Kanpur-Prayagraj highway.
Police sent all the injured to a nearby private nursing home in Chakeri.
The seriously injured passengers were identified as Ramesh, Priyanka, Amitosh of Fatehpur, Anand, Dipu, Rama, Anita and Sonia of Chaudagra (Fatehpur).