In a tragic mishap in Barabanki, nine persons, including eight of a family, perished while nine others were seriously injured when a Bolero jeep collided with a roadways bus due to dense fog on Wednesday morning.
A Bolero Jeep (UP42Z-0114) was going to Bahraich from lucknow first hit an Indica Car (UP32BA-3652) while trying to overtake it. later, the driver of the Bolero lost control over the vehicle and collided with a lucknow-bound roadways bus (UP32CN-7713) in Chokaghat area of Ramnagar in Barabanki on Wednesday morning.
local police rushed to the spot and later claimed that nine occupants of the Bolero were killed while nine others including some bus passengers and three car occupants were injured and were admitted to District Hospital.
The deceased were identified as Mustari Begum (50), Munnu (17) and her sister Ruksar (22), Jainul (45), Zaheer (50), Faheem (20), Enam Jabi (11) and Azamatul (50) of Rudauli in Faizabad. The deceased driver was yet to be identified. A case was registered in this regard and the bodies were sent for post-mortem examination.