Over half a dozen pilgrims were killed in two separate road mishaps reported from Kaushambhi and Mathura.
In Kaushambi five persons were killed and three others injured in a collision between two vehicles on Saturday. Reports said that a Bolero and tempo collided near Mehgava village under Puramufti police station area in which 5 persons identified as Nandlal Prajapati (55), Indrawati (50), Avadh Narain Gautam (55), Roshanlal Prajapati (18) and Vasundhara (38) died on the spot while half a dozen others were critically injured. The drivers of both the vehicles fled the scene after the accident. The victims were on their way to have darshan at Kadadham Sheetla temple, when the mishap took place.
In another incident reported from Mathura, two children were killed and over a dozen persons injured when a tractor trolley overturned after jumping a divider near Goverdhan town on Friday night. According to reports, the accident took place when the driver of the vehicle, carrying over three dozen pilgrims, was blinded by the headlights of an incoming bus. Two children died on the spot while over a dozen were injured out of which condition of six of them was stated to be critical. They were rushed to a medical college in Agra. The pilgrims were returning to Mangrol village in Dholpur district of Rajasthan after performing parikrama (circumambulation) of the Goverdhan hillock.
The deceased have been identified as Alvinder (12) and Madsudan (13).The driver of the tractor, Kamta, fled from the spot after the accident.
Meanwhile in a separate case reported from Sitapur, two class X students were killed when a motorcycle they were riding on collided with a divider in Civil lines area on Friday evening. Ankit Sahu and Kartikeya Kashyap, both students at Singhania school, died after they lost control over their motorcycle and hit the divider. The bodies have been sent for post-mortem examination.