A dozen persons were killed in three separate mishaps reported from Shahjahenpur, Jhansi and lakhimpur Kheri respectively while about a dozen were feared dead when the boat capsized in river at Kushinagar. In Shahjahenpur, a speeding Maruti Wagon-R car rammed into stationed Canter at Khutar-Puranpur highway under Khutar police station in which half a dozen occupants were killed on Monday morning. The victims were identified as Pryanshu (24), Vishal (28), Pappu (30), Jeetu (35), Deepak (24) and Akash (25), a residents of Sahukar Puranpur in Khutar.
In Jhansi, three persons were killed while ten others were critically injured when a wall collapsed over them in Babina area of Jhansi on Sunday night. Those killed were identified as Awadesh (17), Naresh Sahu (30), and Ved Prakash (50). In lakhimpur Kheri, a speeding unknown vehicle knocked down Pradeep aka Dabu, a resident of Shernpur in Hyderabad in Kheri, and Sonu Singh, of Rampur colony of Shahjahenpur, killing both of the spot under Gola police station circle in the wee hours of Monday. Pradeep was listed criminal and came out of jail just four days back.
In Ballia, ten children were injured, one of them seriously, when their school bus overturned near Kotwa village here on Monday morning. The driver of the bus, carrying students of a convent school, lost control and it overturned under Narhi police station area. The seriously injured student was rushed to district hospital in neighbouring Buxar district of Bihar while the others were admitted to a local hospital in Balia. Reports said that 30 children in the age group of 8 to 10 years were in the bus at the time of accident.
In Bulundshahr, Shreepal, a constable posted at Kharkhauda police station in Meerut, was going on a motorcycle when some unknown vehicle knocked him down at near Baral police outpost of Gulawati police station in Bulundshahr late on Sunday night. Shreepal, was rushed to District Hospital by the local police but he succumbed soon after reaching the hospital. A case has been registered and body was sent for post-mortem examination.
Meanwhile, about a dozen persons were feared dead when boat in which they were crossing Choti Gandak river, also known as Narayani River, at Tariyasujan locality of Kushinagar, capsized mid-way on Sunday evening. Reports said that 25 persons along with two tractors and other belongings, all in one boat, were crossing the river when the incident occurred. Rescue operation has been continued on Monday also but so far about a dozen persons were still missing.