In two tragic incidents, 14 persons were killed and eight others injured in Bijnore and Sitapur respectively on Thursday.
According to reports from Bijnore, Rohit Tandon, a resident of lakhimpur Kheri is returning with his family members from Haridwar on an Innova when his vehicle rammed inside a stationery truck at Dhampur area of Bijnore in which nine people were killed and 6 others critically injured, on early Thursday morning. Besides Rohit, the others who died in the incident included Rajat Tandon, Sona Tandon, Neeru Tandon, Shalu Tandon, three children of the family and the driver. The injured where shifted to hospital and a case was registered. The bodies were also shifted for post-mortem examination.
In a similar incident in Sitapur, five members of a family were killed and several others injured when their car dashed against an unidentified bus near Newada in laharpur area of the district also on Thursday morning. Reports said that leading timber merchant of Sitapur, identified as Ishrat Ali Siddiqui (55), hailing from Biswa locality, was going to attend last rites of his maternal nephew Mohamed Sharafgat in lakhimpur Kheri when his car collided with someone unknown bus in which Ishrat, along with his wife Waseem Fatima (53) daughter Majir aka Moni (23) and two others identified as Mohamed Nisar and Babu Khan were critically injured. Ishrat’s son Sultanat and the driver of the vehicle were critically injured.
They were shifted to Trauma Centre here at lucknow. A case has been registered in this regard and bodies were shifted for post-mortem examination. The truck driver fled after the accident and efforts were on to nab him.
Meanwhile in another incident reported from Bareilly, 3 women of a family died after a snake bite them in Ahiraula village in the Bhuta area sometime on late Wednesday night. The incident took place when Drupa Devi (70), Asha Devi (50) and Baby (32), who were sleeping, were bitten by a snake. All the three were taken to a hospital, where they died during treatment, the police said. A case has been registered in this regard by the police and bodies were sent for post-mortem examination.
Meanwhile reports from Mirzapur confirmed that six members of family were drowned in flood in Sheshmani river at loghariya village on Thursday. Reports said that entire family of Sheshmani was living at the bank of Pahadi river. Sources said that due to heavy rains, a house was washed away in the flood in which Sheshamni, his wife Shayama Kumari (50), daughter Chandrawati (25), Akanksha (5) daughter of Chandrawati, her son Ankesh (2) all were drowned.
Sources said that many earthen houses were also destroyed in heavy rain in the area.