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At least four persons were killed while seven others critically injured during a four-vehicle pile up near Suhawal of Jahanaganj police station area of Azamgarh late on Friday night.
Upon learning of the mishap and loss of lives, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath condoled the deaths and directed local officials to rush to the spot and ensure proper treatment to the injured.
As per reports, two SUVs carrying over a dozen passengers were returning from a ‘tilak’ function at the house of Chote Lal Pandey of Mau when the accident occurred on Mohammadabad -Chiraiyakot road late on Friday night. Two other trucks coming at high speed later rammed into the SUVs. While four victims identified as Ramjeet Singh (65), Sharma Mallu (22), Sanchita Singh (55) of Luharapur in Mardhah and Janardan Chauhan of Juri Chauhangaon hamlet of Mardhah died on the spot, Ajay Tewari, Ravi Pandey, Ramkant Pandey, Sunny Pandey, Hari Sharma, Harikesh Pandey, Aagman Khan of Luharapur Mardhah were seriously injured. The injured were later shifted to a hospital from where four of them were referred to Medical College for Varanasi after their condition worsened.
The police later registered a case and started investigations while the bodies were sent for the post-mortem examination.