Seven persons, including a 7-year-old boy, were killed in three separate mishaps during the past 24 hours.
Four youths, including two brothers, were killed and one critically injured when their car fell in the Grara river after breaking the railing of a bridge in Chowk Kotwali police station area on national highway 24 in Shahjahanpur on Saturday.
Police said five youths from Gonda were going to Haridwar in a car and the driver lost control over the wheel near the turn leading to Bareilly in Shahjahanpur city. The car first hit an electric pole and then plunged into the river after breaking the railing of the bridge.
The injured youth, Sriprakash, was rushed to the trauma centre in Shahjahanpur.
The deceased were identified as Umesh (27), Durgesh (28), Neeraj (25) and Vikas (27). They died on the spot.
The youths were going to Haridwar from where they planned to go to Kedarnath and Badrinath.
In a separate incident reported from Kaushambi, a 7-year-old boy was killed and his brother injured when a vehicle hit them while they were playing at the roadside.
Police said the accident occurred on Friday evening in Puramufti area of the district.
The brothers, Sudhakar (5) and Diwakar (7), were rushed to a hospital where the doctors pronounced Diwakar dead.
Police are trying to arrest the driver who managed to flee the spot with his vehicle.
In Barabanki, two men were killed after their tractor-trolley fell in a canal near Sadhemau village in Fatehpur tehsil, police said Saturday.
Sudhir Yadav (24) and Indresh (35) drowned after the tractor-trolley fell in the canal on Friday.
Villagers found the tractor-trolley following which they informed the police about it.
The incident is being probed, police said.
A case was registered and the bodies were sent for post-mortem. Cops were waiting for the autopsy report as the family members suspect foul play.