In a tragic mishap, five persons, including a police constable, were killed on the spot when the vehicle in which they were travelling crashed against a tree.
The accident took place late Sunday night on Pratapgarh-Patti road in Kandhari police circle. Additional Superintendent of Police (East) Surendra Dwivedi said on Monday that the driver lost control over the vehicle leading to the accident.
Condoling the deaths of the victims, chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday asked the local officials to ensure proper care of all those who were injured in the mishap.
The victims were identified as constable Sandeep Kumar Yadav, 29, Sandip Yadav, 26, Akhilesh Yadav, 35, Rahul Yadav, 28, and the driver of the ill-fated vehicle, Pappu Yadav.
The accident happened when they were returning from a wedding ceremony near the Dewan Mau village.
Superintendent of Police Surendra P Dwivedi, said, “The family had gone to a wedding ceremony in a nearby village. They were on the way when the mishap took place. The cause of the accident is yet unknown. Further investigations are underway.”
Speaking to the media, a family member said, “My family was going to attend the wedding ceremony of my cousin. A total of seven people were in the vehicle. My mother and I got out of the car to board another vehicle. Later we got to know that four of my family members had been killed in the mishap.”
Meanwhile, in another mishap, a 50-year-old man riding a bicycle died after being hit by a motorcycle in Amethi district, police said on Monday.
The accident took place in Warisganj in the Jagdishpur police station area.
Jagdishpur police station SHO Rajesh Singh said that Shyam Lal (50), a resident of Shukul Bazar of Amethi, was returning home on Sunday evening when he was hit by a motorcycle.
Lal was seriously injured and was rushed to the community health centre, where doctors pronounced him dead.
In another mishap reported from Fatehpur, a dozen passengers of an Uttar Pradesh Roadways bus were injured when it was hit by a truck on Sunday, police said on Monday.
The accident occurred around 4:30 am at Pilkhani Morh and both the vehicles fell on the roadside, SHO of Kalyanpur police station Anoop Singh said.
“In this accident, 12 passengers of the bus were injured. All of them were admitted to a government hospital,” the police officer said, adding that the truck driver and his assistant escaped after the accident.
The bus and the truck have been impounded.