A man was charred to death after coming in contact with an overhead high-tension (HT) line on the railway track at the platform of the railway station in Kasganj.
The victim had climbed up a train bogie to bring back the slipper of a woman passenger which was snatched by a monkey at the platform.
Manoj Kumar, station manager at the Kasganj railway station, said on Friday: "The tragic incident took place on Thursday at the platform of Kasganj railway station when the slipper of a passenger was taken away by a monkey and dropped on top of a train bogie at the platform. The passenger requested to get back the slipper and a man on the platform climbed on top of the bogie to bring it back."
The man came in contact with 25,000 volt current flowing in high-tension line and he was charred to death on the spot. The deceased was identified as Ashok Kumar.
In another mishap in Kanpur Dehat, the roof of a room suddenly collapsed in the early hours of Friday in which a man, his wife and their three children were seriously injured after being buried under the rubble.
With the help of the villagers, the rubble was removed and the victims were taken to hospital where a two-month-old boy was pronounced dead. The incident took place in Chitwan Kheda Rasdhan area under Sinkadara police station.
Girjesh slept in the room with his wife Lalita and children. In the wee hours of Friday, the roof of the room suddenly collapsed and the couple and their two daughters, Shikha (2) and Anshika (5), were critically injured while 2-month-old son Prateek died in the mishap.
Meanwhile two people died in separate accidents on the Eastern Peripheral Expressway in Baghpat and on the Meerut-Baghpat National Highway. An ITI student died in an accident while a canter driver lost his life in the second accident.
Police sent the bodies for post-mortem.
Sachin Sharma (26), a resident of Shikohpur village, was a student of ITI. He had left for Ghaziabad from Baghpat at around 5:30 am on Friday morning to appear in exams. On his way to Ghaziabad, as soon as Sachin reached near Mandi Tatiri, an unknown vehicle crushed him, killing him on the spot.
On the other hand, Mainpuri resident Laik Singh was going to Sonipat with his companion Rahul from Chitrakoot carrying paddy in a canter. On reaching near the toll plaza on the Eastern Peripheral Expressway, they started checking the diesel in the canter when an unknown vehicle coming from behind hit him, killing him on the spot.
In another mishap on Sitapur-Hardoi highway, a speeding car lost control and rammed into a tree and then fell into a ditch. One of the occupants was killed in the mishap while three others were injured. The accident took place near Itauli on Sitapur road in Kotwali Tadianwa area.
Sunil, a resident of Tikari village of Kotwali police area, had come to Hardoi on Thursday with three friends, Umrari Beniganj, Gore Singh and Kamlesh, all residents of Istkeem. After finishing the work, they were going to Beniganj by car late in the night when due to fog, their car rammed into a tree and later fell into the ditch. Sunil died on the spot.
Meanwhile, an advocate was crushed to death by a car in Nakud police station area of Saharanpur district. The accident took place on Thursday evening when the advocate riding a bicycle was going to his home from Nakur tehsil.
According to Superintendent of Police (City) Suraj Rai, Sudhir Kumar (47), a resident of Bhairamau village, was returning home from tehsil when a speeding car hit him on Ambehta Gangoh road, injuring him seriously. Sudhir Kumar was rushed to a nearby hospital, where he died late in the night.