Seven members of a marriage party were killed and 10 others were injured in a collision between two private buses on Moradabad-Agra highway in Sambhal late Sunday night. Seven more were killed in mishaps related to incessant rains in the state.
According to reports from Sambhal, the accident occurred near Majhauli village when one of the tyres of the bus of a marriage party deflated and the driver parked the vehicle on the side of the road to change the tyre. Some passengers deboarded and were waiting for the bus to be repaired when another speeding bus hit it from the rear side, killing seven members of the marriage party and injuring 10 others.
The marriage party was returning after the marriage from Chandausi to their village at Chapra in Bhajoi area of Sambhal district.
The deceased were identified as Veerpal (60), Rakesh (55), Bhure (40), Raghvendra (35), Chhote Singh (35), Abhay (18) and Vineet (32).
The police were informed about the incident and they shifted the injured to a community health centre in Bahjoi.
The police said the second bus that hit the parked bus was found overturned near the site and its driver and co-driver had escaped.
Meanwhile, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath expressed his grief at the death of seven people in the accident. He directed the district officials to provide all medical assistance to the injured.
In another mishap in Sitapur, the roof and walls of Arvind Kumar's house collapsed following heavy rainfall since Sunday, police said on Monday.
A woman and her two-year-old son were killed when a major portion of their house collapsed on them due to heavy rains in this district, police said. The incident occurred in the morning hours in Angetha village under Talegaon police station
The roof and walls of Arvind Kumar's house collapsed following heavy rainfall since Sunday, police said. Kumar's wife Renu Devi (28) and their son were in the house when the wall collapsed on them, the police said, adding that the bodies were sent for autopsy.
In Gonda, the terrace of a panchayat bhawan in Meerpur hamlet of Nawabganj collapsed due to incessant rains in which two boys were killed on Monday morning.
Reports said that two boys, identified as Sahil and Rasheed, both natives of the same village, went to graze their goats when due to heavy rains, they took shelter in the panchayat bhawan compound. Suddenly, the terrace collapsed over them and both the boys along with half-a-dozen goats were buried under the rubble and died on the spot.
Later SDM and circle officer of Tarabganj reached the spot for investigation. District Magistrate Markandey Singh claimed that the building was just 12 years old so he ordered a probe as probably poor material used in the construction led to mishap.
In Meerut, a man and his two sons were electrocuted on Monday morning. Reports said that Poornagiri (45), a native of Einchi Khurd locality of Parikchitgarh, went to open the gate of his house when he came in contact with a high tension wire which fell over his gate sometime in the night. As Poonagiri screamed for help, his sons Nikhil Giri (21) and 18-year-old Ashutosh Giri rushed to his rescue but they also came in contact with the live wire and all the three were electrocuted to death before the line was disconnected. A case was registered in this regard and bodies were sent for post-mortem.