A kanwariya was killed and several others were injured when the truck they were traveling in to collect holy water from the river Ganga in Haridwar went out of control and overturned on Friday morning.
The deceased is identified as Maheshpal of Kundra Kothi village under Nawabganj police station area of Bareilly.
Reports said, around 30 kanwariyas of Kundra Kothi and nearby villages of Nawabganj were going to take Gangajal from Haridwar in a truck on Friday morning.
When the truck reached Kotwali Dehat bypass on Haridwar-Nainital National Highway 74 the driver lost control over the vehicle turned upside down. 40-year-old Maheshpal died on the spot while Ravi, Vishnu, Tinku, Rahul, Renu Devi, Dharmendra, Ajay, Arun, Gopal, Bablu, Sagar, Manoj, Babu, Gaurav and Vijay sustained injuries.
On information, police reached the spot and rushed the injured to community health centre, Nagina and primary health centre, Kotwali. The body was sent for post-mortem.