Over a dozen persons were killed in separate mishaps across Uttar Pradesh since Wednesday night.
In Gorakhpur, three persons were electrocuted and two others sustained burns after coming in contact with a high tension wire while fixing an iron grill on the terrace of an under-construction house in Gas Godam Gali in Cantonment area around 11:30 am on Thursday.
Diwakar Pandey alias Ramu, Shiv Prasad and Dhanesh died while Ajay Kumar and Irshad suffered burns in the incident.
House owner Om Prakash Pandey said the grill somehow slipped from the hands of the workers and touched a high tension wire.
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath announced ex gratia of Rs 2 lakh each for the kin of the deceased and asked authorities to provide proper treatment to the injured.
In Mathura, four members of a family were killed while a girl was injured when the driver of their car lost control and hit a road divider in Baldev area on Yamuna Expressway and overturned on Wednesday night.
The ill-fated family was going from Noida to Agra to attend a marriage ceremony when the tragedy struck.
The deceased were identified as Manish, Aarti, Ravindra from New Delhi and Abhishekh of Firozabad.
Peehu (3) was injured in the mishap and shifted to a Agra hospital for treatment.
In another incident at Manth-Naujheel area in Mathura, a car and Tata Max collided head-on as a result of which a 32-year-old man was killed, while five others were injured on Wednesday night.
The injured were shifted to a hospital and a case was registered.
In Bahraich, half-a-dozen people, including a father-son duo, were killed and three others were injured when the SUV they were travelling in was hit by a truck near Dhanauli in Nanpara in the wee hours of Thursday.
Dharmendra Soni (45), Virendra (55), Suresh (45), his son Ashish (12), Rambabu (19) and car driver Armaan (35) were going to attend a marriage party when their SUV was hit by a speeding truck. Three occupants of the SUV, including a four-year-old child, were injured and rushed to hospital where their condition was stated to be stable.
The truck has been seized but its driver managed to flee.
In Aligarh, three persons were killed while one was injured when their bike was hit by a truck at Nagla Papai in Dado police station area late on Wednesday night.
As per reports, Sheela Devi (50) of Alampur Fatehpur area of Dado, her daughter Sujata, a local Kamla Devi (40) and Satya Prakash (40) of Dhurra were returning from work on a bike late Wednesday night. On the way, a speeding truck hit their motorcycle, killing Sheela, Kamla and Satya Prakash on the spot and critically injuring Sujata, who was shifted to hospital by the police. A case was registered against the truck driver.