Ten persons were killed in two separate incidents reported from Sitapur and Agra respectively on Friday.
In Sitapur, five of a family were buried alive while three others were injured, when a portion of a house collapsed in Ramkot area early Friday monring. The incident occurred in Gopal Nagar area when the two-storied building of Bansi lodh caved in following incessant rains. local police rushed to the spot after learning of the incident and removed the debris to rescue three victims and sent them to district hospital. The deceased included the house owner’s two son Siyaram (23) and Ram Saharey (20) and his grandson Piyush (12) and nephew Namesh (8) and another. Of the three injured, two were later referred to Trauma Centre of KGMU, in lucknow.
Meanwhile in Agra, five people were killed and 20 others injured when a truck hit a tractor trolley in Sikandra area of Taj City in the wee hours of Friday. Police said that the deceased were natives of Etah and were on a pilgrimage to Vrindavan when the accident occurred. After the incident, the truck driver abandoned the vehicle and fled from the spot. The injured were admitted to a hospital where the condition of three of them was stated to be critical.