Tragedy hit Etah when at least 19 passengers which included 13 women and 5 children, were killed and around three dozen others were seriously injured when a speeding truck collided with two tractor-trolley in Malawan area on Saturday morning. The victims were on their way to a canal to attend Bhagawat puja ceremony, organised in Pura hamlet of Etah, on Saturday morning. Senior police officers immediately rushed to the spot soon after they get the information. They had shifted the injured to District Hospital.
Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, who directed the officials to provide all necessary medical aid to the injured, had also condoled the deaths. He announced a compensation of Rs 2 lakh for the family members of those who died in the mishap and Rs 50,000 for those who were critically injured in the accident. Giving detail of the mishap, Additional Superintendent of Police in Etah, R P Gupta said a speeding truck rammed into one of the tractor-trolley near Harchandpur village on Mainpuri road, on Saturday morning. He claimed that due to the high impact of this collision, the damaged trolley climbed on another trolley ahead of it. He said that 17 of the occupants which included 12 women and 5 children died on the spot while one more succumbed to her injuries on way to hospital. The injured where shifted to district hospital from where those whose condition has been state to be ‘critical’ were referred to hospitals in Aligarh and Agra.
Agitated with the accident, the local residents gathered at the spot and staged a protest after blocking road near Harchandpur area. When the cops tried to clear them, the mob started stone-pelting on the police, the administrative officers and the passing-by vehicles. later, the cops somehow managed to defuse the tense situation and cleared the blockade. Meanwhile in Bulandshahr, 5 persons were killed when a Roadways bus collided head on with a tractor trolley on Bulandshahr-Garh State Highway near Syana on Friday night. According to reports, a tractor trolley was coming to Syana after performing a cremation at Brijghat area when a speeding bus coming from opposite direction, hit it head-on killing four persons on the spot. The deceased were identified as Rajkishore (51), Jai Prakash (68), Sunil (42) and Vijay (24). One another, identified as Rakesh (24) died while being taken to hospital. Condition of six is said to be critical by the doctors at Higher Medical Centre.
In Mainpuri, driver of speeding private bus lost control over the vehicle following which the bus (UP84T-33541) went down the road killing two of the passengers besides injuring over a dozen others, on Saturday morning. The injured were shifted to district hospital and a case was registered against the bus driver.
In Aligarh, 30-year-old Pinki, a resident of Mawali in Math area of Mathura, was going along with her daughter Sandhya (8) in connection with when a speeding canter (UK06CA-2625) crushed both to death at Chanrapuri area of Iglas in Aligarh, on Saturday morning. Agitated with the accident, local residents kept the bodies on road and blocked traffic movement for several hours. later the cleared the blockade and allowed the cops to shift the bodies for post-mortem examination. In lucknow also, two trucks (UP58T-5033) and (UP31T-7344), collided head-on at Dhawapur area of Banthara in which driver of the truck (UP31T-7344), identified as Jaswinder, a resident of lakhimpur Kheri, died on the spot whole the other driver along with some occupants were seriously injured.