At least five members of a family, including a toddler were killed after the vehicle they were travelling in rammed into a tree on Monday night in Hardoi. The incident took place at around 10 pm near Khamaria turn on the Bilhaur-Katra highway under the Sawaijpur police station area.
According to police officials, the driver lost control over the wheel, resulting in the crash.
Superintendent of Police Keshav Chandra Goswami said that the accident took place on Monday night when the victims were going to attend a party at their relative’s place in Nayagaon police station in Sandi. The collision was so strong that the bodies were crushed inside the car. The vehicle was cut and bodies were taken out and sent for postmortem.
SP said that the deceased had been identified as Rajaram (50), Hoshiar (55), Mukesh (35), Mukesh’s son Ballu (4) and Manoj (28). Mukesh was driving the car. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has expressed grief over the death of people in the accident.
Meanwhile, on the Basti-Rudhauli road in Basti district on Monday night, an out-of-control car struck two young men at separate intersections. After the accident, the driver of the car fled the scene. Eyewitnesses reported that the car, traveling from Basti, lost control, first hitting Shivansh (18) at the Raipura intersection in the Kotwali police station area, and then colliding with Jeet Bahadur Chaudhary (19) from Ramvapur at the Dadwa intersection in the Walterganj police station area. Both of them were rushed to the district hospital, where doctors pronounced them dead.
In one more accident in Mahoba district, 13-year-old Prince of Jagatpura area, was crushed to death when a roadways bus hit his bicycle outside his village under Panwadi police station area on Monday evening. The bus driver abandoned the vehicle and escaped.
In another accident in Bahraich, a couple was killed on the spot when the bike they were riding was hit by a speeding vehicle, as reported by the police on Tuesday. Six of the couple’s children, who were also on the motorcycle, have been hospitalised, and their condition is said to be critical.