Eight people were killed and as many injured when a tractor trolley fell into a roadside gorge in Rajpura police station area of Sambhal on Saturday morning.
Upon learning about the mishap, Chief minister Yogi Adityanath expressed his grief over the deaths and announced an ex-gratia payment of Rs 2 lakh each to the families of the deceased and Rs 50,000 for the injured. He also directed officials to provide medical facilities to the injured.
As per reports, around 20 carpet traders of Moradabad were going to Aligarh to sell their products when the accident took place near Rajpura village early Saturday morning. The injured were admitted to Community Health Centre (CHC) at Gunnaur.
The deceased were identified as Waseem Ahmed(25), Mukaram Ali( 33), Sajid Alam (36), Aslam Hussain (23), Nasir Hussain (30), Abdul Qayum(50), Kamrul Jama (40) and Sageer(35) from Moradabad.
Meanwhile in Ballia, a 45-year-old Bhojpuri film actress was killed when a speeding car hit a motorcycle on which she was travelling at Chhitauni village on Friday evening.
SP of Ballia, Sriparna Ganguly said that Bhojpuri film actor Manisha Rai died on the spot.
“The actress was on way to a nearby shooting site with her associate Sanjiv Mishra on motorcycle when the incidnt took place. Mishra was also injured in the accident. The car driver fled after the incident and efforts were on to nab him,” the SP said.
In another mishap at Badaun, a man and his wife were killed and their five-year-old son was injured after a truck hit their motorcycle on Delhi road in Ujhani area on Saturday morning.Sukhbir Sharma (27) and his wife Reena Sharma (23) died on the spot while their son was injured. The couple was returning to Noida after meeting their kin when the mishap took place. The bodies were sent for autopsy and the truck driver was arrested.
Meanwhile in Sitapur, dog attacks in Khairabad area continued on Saturday when an elderly woman was mauled by a pack of stray dogs. Till date, a total of 14 people have been killed in such attacks in the area. The old woman was attacked by stray dogs but was saved by locals. She was injured and hospitalised.