Tragedy struck Pratapgarh when four women were among seven persons killed in a road accident in the early hours of Tuesday. As per reports, Sumit Mishra (27) of Mallaitola hamlet of Thakurganj was coming back to lucknow from Varanasi with his family on a Wagon-R car (UP32HG-1137). As he was crossing Mundipur area of Manikpur, his car collided head-on with a speeding truck (UP70FT-0187) early Tuesday morning. Besides Sumit, his wife Puja Mishra (22), son Krishna (1) and other kin identified as Saroj Mishra (45), Mohini Awasthi (50), Phoolmati (58) and driver Sujeet Pandey (32) died in the accident. The truck driver abandoned the vehicle and absconded. A case was registered and the bodies were sent for autopsy. In one another mishap reported from lakhimpur Kheri, a man and his two sons were crushed to death when the roof of their house collapsed on Monday night. The deceased were identified as Ram Gopal Trivedi (60), a resident of Semaria village, Rahul Trivedi (15) and Angad Trivedi (12). The house was very old and collapsed due to heavy rains. The bodies were extricated from the debris and sent for autopsy. Meanwhile in Badaun, a 55-year-old man and his son died after coming in contact with a high tension wire at Gayutia village on Monday evening. Two other sons of the deceased also sustained serious injuries. Mahaveer and his three sons Subhash (18), Rahul (14) and Tinku (25) were boring the ground for installing a hand-pump. While they tried taking out an iron rod after boring, it came in contact with an overhead high tension wire after which they got electrocuted. Their family members rushed to the spot after hearing their cries and asked the power sub-station to switch off the supply. They victims were taken to a community health centre where Mahaveer and Subhash were declared dead. Tinku and Rahul, who were in a critical condition, were referred to Budaun district hospital. A case was registered in this regard.