In a tragic incident, half a dozen persons were killed when a truck rammed into an e-rickshaw on Ayodhya-Prayagraj road in Sultanpur on Friday morning.
Two persons critically injured in the accident were referred to Lucknow for treatment.
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath expressed grief over the death of people in the road accident. He expressed condolences to the bereaved families and directed officials to provide proper treatment to the injured.
According to police, the accident took place around 10 am when an e-rickshaw carrying eight passengers was going towards Anrod village in Kotwali Dehat and a truck coming from Prayagraj collided with it.
Superintendent of Police in Sultanpur, Somen Barma, said the crash was so loud that villagers and locals rushed there and found that the e-rickshaw had turned into a pulp.
A police team, which rushed to the spot, had to use gas-cutters to cut through the e-rickshaw to pull out five bodies. Imran Ahmed, former head of Kamangarh, and the local people helped in shifting the injured to the district hospital.
Sultanpur District Magistrate Ravish Kumar Gupta also visited the spot to monitor rescue operations.
Reports said that Ram Suresh (50), Phoolkali (55), Raghuveer (55), Rajendra (45), Nirmala (53), and Amravati (45), all residents of Nekrahi of Kotwali police station area, were going to attend the funeral of a relative in Hayathnagar village under Gosaiganj police station when they met with the accident.
The e-rickshaw was being driven by Harish (35) of Kamangarh. Anuradha (52), a resident of Vinobapuri, was also sitting on the e-rickshaw. After the accident, all the eight injured were rushed to the district hospital, where doctors pronounced Ram Sumer, Phoolkali, Raghuveer, Rajendra and Nirmala dead. Amravati, Harish and Anuradha were referred to the King George’s Medical University Trauma Centre in Lucknow as their condition was critical.
Sources said that one of the victims succumbed to injuries on the way to Lucknow.
A case was registered and the bodies were sent for autopsy.