In a tragic incident in Raebareli, 5-members of a family, including a toddler and two children, were killed in the early hours of Monday. Senior police officers rushed to the spot and somehow dispatched the bodies for post-mortem examination.
According to reports, Shivram (40), his wife Shiv Kumari (35), daughters Kirti (10), Priyanshi and son Dev, who was just an year old, were returning home from a relative’s house when the truck ploughed into their motorcycle in Amawa police station area on early Monday morning. All the five were crushed to death by the truck. The truck driver fled the scene leaving the vehicle behind. A case has been registered against him and all out efforts were made to nab the driver.
Meanwhile 10 more persons were also killed in four separate mishaps in the State. Reports from Amethi confirmed that four persons were killed when a public transport vehicle collided with a fodder-laden truck at Ashrafpur turn on Monday morning. The passenger vehicle was coming from lucknow when the accident took place. One of the deceased has been identified as Puttan (30) of lakhimpur, police said. The truck driver fled from the scene after the accident.