Tragedy hit several places in the State claiming 15 lives while leaving over three dozen others seriously injured since Monday evening. In first case reported from Jalaun, 5 people from Gujarat were killed while one another was seriously injured in a road accident near Chonk village under Kalpi police station area on early Tuesday morning. The victims belonging to Gujarat were returning from Vindhyachal shrine to Vadodra when their car clashed near Chonk village.
“The police had to break open the window to bring out the victims of whom five had died on the spot”, said deputy SP, Mahendra Kumar. The injured were admitted to the hospital, he added. The victims identified as Kanu Bhai Upadhaya, Jagdish bhai Upadhaya, Sandip bhai Upadhaya, Pankaj bhai Upadhaya and Babeen bhai Upadhaya. Police suspect that the Sumo was hit by some truck which managed to escape and said the efforts are on to trace the vehicle.
In Sant Kabir Nagar, 4 persons, including two children, were killed and 22 injured when the bus (UP65R-1822)in which they were traveling rammed into a stationary truck on Basti-Faizabad national highway. The accident occurred on late Monday night near Kate village, when the private bus carrying pilgrims to an ashram in Mathura dashed into the truck which had come to a halt by the road after one of its tyres burst. Siblings, Satyam (12) Khushi (14), and Kusmawati (45) were killed on the spot while one another later died on way to hospital. All the victims belong to Maharajganj. Six of the seriously injured have been referred to Gorakhpur Medical Collage Hospital while others are undergoing treatment in local hospitals.
In a separate case reported from Muzaffarnagar, 2 people, including a minor, were killed and as many injured when two cars rammed into each other on Delhi-Haridwar national highway. Rajpal (55) and his grandson Dhara Singh (7) were killed in the accident near Barla village in the district on Monday evening. The accident occurred when the victims were on their way to Hisar after a bath in Haridwar. Those injured have been shifted to a hospital.
In Amethi, a 40-year-old man was killed when a vehicle hit his bicycle on Bisheshwarganj Mishrauli road in Sangrampur area, on Tuesdaymorning. The victim identified as Shyam Shankar Mishra died on the spot. A case has been lodged against the unidentified accused, who fled from the spot, and the body has been sent for post-mortem. In another case reported from Etah, a youth was electrocuted after he came in contact with a live high tension wire at an agricultural field in Jaajalpur village. Mukesh Kumar, 35, was electrocuted when he came in contact with the high tension line while working in the field, on Monday evening. In his complaint to the police, Ram Sewak Mishra, the victim’s father, said locals had made repeated complaints to the electricity department about the wire hanging dangerously close to the ground but no action was taken. Mishra alleged that it was due to the “callous attitude” of Sub-Divisional Officer (Hydel) Pawan Kumar and Junior Engineer Man Mohan Singh that the incident took place. On the basis of the complaint, an FIR has been registered in this connection against the officials under relevant sections of the IPC, Station Officer of Aliganj police station, Indresh Kumar Bhadoria said.
In one more case reported from Hathras, 2 minor boys of a family were killed and four others injured after a portion of their house collapsed on Monday night. The incident occurred at Kurawali village of Mursan block while the family of six were sleeping. A portion of their house collapsed killing the minors, Ashish (14) and Shubham (11). Four other members of their family including two siblings, mother and grandmother were however rescued by the villagers. They were shifted to a local hospital.