Five members of a family were killed and 10 others were injured when their auto was hit by a tanker when they were returning from a `tilak’ ceremony in Bahraich while in Amroha, four children, aged two to three years, were drowned while playing early Friday morning.
The accident in Bahraich took place near Madani Hospital in Kaiserganj police station area on Bahraich-Lucknow highway.
Station House Officer of Kaiserganj, Daddan Singh, said the injured had been admitted to the district hospital.
According to reports, 15 residents of Ahiran Purwa under Huzurpur police station were returning home by a tempo late on Thursday night after the ‘tilak’ ceremony of their daughter in Ruknapur village under Kaiserganj police station.
Around midnight, when their tempo reached near Madani Hospital, a speeding dumper coming from the front hit the tempo. The tanker driver later fled the spot with the vehicle.
In the accident, Bhagwan Prasad (40), Anil (15), Khushbu (35), Harish (45) and Jaikaran (40) died on the spot, while Nanhe, Sunita Devi, Chandan, Satyam, Rajitram, Mangal, Kailash, Ramdin, Nandlal and Pradeep were seriously injured.
Sources said that all the injured were taken to the nearby community health centre but the doctors referred them to the medical college hospital as their condition was critical.
A case was registered and a hunt was launched for the tanker driver.
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath expressed grief over the loss of lives in the road accident. Wishing peace to the departed souls, he expressed condolences to the bereaved families. The chief minister instructed the officers of the district administration to ensure proper treatment to the injured.
In another accident, a car returning with bride and groom after the marriage ceremony in Kanpur crushed a 55-year-old woman standing on the roadside, after breaking an electric pole on Rae Bareli-Pratapgarh road, near Karhiya market in Salon Kotwali area of Rae Bareli early on Friday morning.
The uncontrolled car later fell into a canal.
In the accident, the woman, Bachna Devi, standing at the roadside died and five people, including the bride and the groom, were seriously injured.
The injured were admitted to the district hospital.
The injured included the groom Mumtaz, his 22-year-old bride Chand Baby, groom’s 55-year-old sister Rabia, second sister Sabia Bano (48), and car driver Wahid (30).
In another tragic incident in Nauner hamlet of Gajraula in Amroha, four children aged two to three years drowned in the water filled in a deep pit of a brick kiln on Friday morning.
The children had gone out of the house to play. When they did not reach home for a long time, the father of a girl reached the spot. After seeing the children drowned, he raised an alarm. The children were taken out of the pit and rushed to the nearest hospital but the doctors pronounced them dead.
On getting information, District Magistrate Balkrishna Tripathi and Superintendent of Police Aditya Langhe also reached the spot. The police took the brick kiln owner, Rajab Ali, in custody. His wife is said to be the local gram pradhan.
The victim’s were identified as Saurabh (2), Sonali (3), Ajit (2) and Neha (3).