Eight persons were killed and half a dozen others were injured when their car was hit by a tanker in Purenderpur area of Maharajganj district on Friday morning.
As per reports, some natives of Gorakhpur were returning from Sonauli (Indo-Nepal Border) on a car and as the vehicle was moving along Devpur-Nepal road in Purenderpur locality, it was rammed into by a tanker on Friday morning.
While seven of the victims died on the spot, another succumbed during treatment at a hospital. The condition of six other injured was reported as stable. The cops were trying to ascertain the identity of the victims.
Meanwhile in Aligarh, a powerful blast ripped through a house in Beemanagar locality area killing two persons and injuring at least six others on Friday morning.
As per reports, a powerful blast took place in the house of labour contractor Gangaram in Beemanagar area on Fridaymorning. The blast was so powerful that it damaged buildings and vehicles in a radius of 40 meters besides killing two persons and critically injuring six others. The deceased were identified as Gangaram’s two sons - Kunwar Pal (28) and Ashu (20). The injured were rushed to AMU Medical College hospital and the district hospital where the condition of two of them was stated to be serious.
SSP of Aligarh, Rajesh Pandey rushed to the spot later told media persons that forensic experts were probing the cause of the blast even as eyewitnesses claimed it occurred due to an lPG cylinder leak.
In one more case reported from Bijnore, three of a family were killed when their motorcycle was hit by a bus coming from the
opposite direction on Bijnore-Chandpur Road on Thursday evening. The incident took place when the driver of a UP Roadways bus lost control over the vehicle and hit a buffalo cart before hitting the bike coming from the opposite direction. All the three riders, Riyasat (35), his wife Rizwana (28) and their infant daughter Ayesha (2) were crushed to death. The family was returning to theri Bijnore home from Bashta village, in Chandpur, where they had gone to attend a function.
Besides, farmer Buddh Singh and his wife who were riding the buffalo cart also suffered minor injuries.
A case was registered and the bodies were sent for autopsy. The bus was seized by the police while the driver and the conductor managed to flee the scene abandoning the vehicle.