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A 10-year-old girl was killed after a van carrying schoolchildren overturned in Kushinagar district on Saturday.
According to reports, the van was carrying nine other children who escaped unhurt.
The van had picked up the 10 schoolchildren from Madanour Sukrouli village and it overturned near Sarangchapra village, Station House Officer of Khadda, Ram Ashish Yadav said, adding that the van was being driven at a very high speed.
“The girl, Pratibha, came under the van as a door of the vehicle was missing,” he said.
Locals rushed the girl to the Khadda primary health centre where doctors pronounced her dead, the police said, adding that the driver escaped after the accident.
“An FIR has been registered against the driver and he will be arrested soon. The body of the deceased has been sent for an autopsy and the van has been impounded,” Yadav said.
“An FIR has also been registered against the school manager, Shashikant Chaturvedi, and principal, Akhilesh Chaturvedi,” he added.
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath expressed grief over the death of the girl, a statement issued by the state government said in Lucknow.
The chief minister also directed the officials of the local administration to take all necessary steps to provide best treatment to those injured.
In a separate road mishap, two people were killed and three injured after two motorcycles collided in Ukaathu village of Fatehpur district, police said on Saturday.
Rajendra Singh (25) and a 28-year-old man were killed in the accident on Friday, Station House Officer of Khaga, Satyendra Singh, said.
They died during treatment at a government hospital, he said, adding that their bodies were sent for post-mortem.
Meanwhile, the body of a woman constable, who was posted at Phooplur police station in Azamgarh was found hanging inside her house, police said on Saturday.
The deceased was identified as Pooja Singh (24), a resident of Chandauli district. She was living in a rented house near the police station.