Four persons including three of a family, lost their lives in a road accident on Kashipur -Ramnagar highway in the wee hours of Saturday. A two- year- old boy had a miraculous escape though. As per the information available, the car ( UK 07 TB 2650) on its way to Ramnagar from Kashipur rammed into a tree near Aampani gate, Himatpur on early Saturday morning.In the accident, the front of the car was smashed.
On receiving information about the accident, the circle officer (CO) Ramnagar lokjeet Singh and police from the Kotwali and Piru Madara police station areas rushed to the spot and retrieved the bodies from the wreckage of the car. The CO lokjeet Singh said that the dead were identified were Himanshu Aswal (32), resident of Nathanpur in Dehradun, his wife Puja Aswal (30), his mother Sarojbala (58) and the driver of the vehicle Suraj Saini (30), resident of Jwalapur in Haridwar. He also said that a two- year-old toddler of the Aswal family survived the accident . The CO further said that the family members of the deceased have been informed about the accident and the bodies would be handed over to them after the post mortem
According to the locals, the accident had probably occurred as the person behind the wheels fell asleep while driving. They further said that though several vehicles whizzed past the accident site none of those in the cars cared to stop. Maheshpura Kashipur resident Avneet Kumar first spotted the accident at 5.15 am and evacuated the child from the car, police said. Kumar said he had tried to stop some vehicles passing through the spot, but none cared to stop.