In a tragic incident in Rae Bareli, 5-members of a family, including a toddler and two children, were killed in the early hours of Monday. Senior police officers rushed to the spot and somehow dispatched the bodies for post-mortem examination.
According to reports, Shivram (40), his wife Shiv Kumari (35), daughters Kirti
(10), Priyanshi and son Dev, who was just an year old, were returning home from a relative’s house when the truck ploughed into their motorcycle in Amawa police station area on early Monday morning. All the five were crushed to death by the truck. The truck driver fled the scene leaving the vehicle behind. A case has been registered against him and all out efforts were made to nab the driver.
Meanwhile 10 more persons were also killed in four separate mishaps in the State. Reports from Amethi confirmed that 4 persons were killed when a public transport vehicle collided with a fodder-laden truck at Ashrafpur turn on Mondaymorning. The passenger vehicle was coming from lucknow when the accident took place. One of the deceased has been identified as Puttan (30) of lakhimpur, police said, adding that bodies have been sent for post-mortem. The truck driver fled from the scene after the accident.
In a separate incident reported from Etah, a bike-borne youth was crushed to
death by a speeding vehicle on Awagarh road, on Sunday evening. Reports said that 20-year-old Kapil was returning back to his home when he was hit by the unknown vehicle under Jalesar police station area and died on the spot. A case has been registered and the body was sent for post-mortem examination. In one another accident reported from Barabanki, 3-persons were killed and 10 others injured when the truck they were traveling in hit a stationary vehicle near Nanchna village on Monday morning. The drivers of the both the vehicles— Ashok Kumar (40) and Shyamu (25)— and one more person, who is yet to be identified, were killed in the accident, claimed local police which reached the spot soon after learning of the mishap. The injured have been hospitalised and their condition has been stated as stable by the doctors. Shyamu, the driver of the stationary vehicle, which was also a truck, was killed when he was doing some repair work on it, the local police confirmed.
In the last case reported from Banda, 2 girls were killed and four persons were injured when a mound of earth fell over them in Joharpur village, on Sunday evening. The incident occurred when locals were digging soil for some household use and the mound caved in over them, killing Priyanka (17) and Anjali (11) on the spot. The other four were rushed rescued and rushed to a hospital where they are undergoing treatment. A case has been registered and bodies were sent for autopsy.