Bulandshahr, Oct 16 (IANS) In tragic accident, five people, including a child, were killed after the car they were travelling in crashed into a tree in Uttar Pradesh’s Bulandshahr district.
The incident occurred near Ratanpur, within the jurisdiction of the Narora police station, officials said, identifying the victims as three men, a woman, and a child.
Police said that there were eight people in the car, five of whom died and three others sustained injuries in the accident. The family was travelling from Sidhpura in Kasganj toward Belon in the state.
After receiving initial treatment, the injured were referred to another hospital.
In a similar accident in the state earlier this month, an ambulance carrying the mortal remains of a soldier collided with a truck, killing four people, on the Purvanchal Expressway in Sultanpur.
According to officials, the accident took place at around 8.30 a.m.
The four people who lost their lives were travelling in the ambulance at the time of the accident. The vehicle was transporting the mortal remains of Subedar Satyavan Fauji, police said.
Upon receiving the information, police and local administration officials arrived at the scene and initiated an investigation.
The deceased were identified as the ambulance driver Jaspal, Rajan Singh (son of Bhupati), Gaurav Singh (son of Satyabhan), and Ram Samajh (son of Jaysingh).
In another accident, a bus collided head-on with a trailer on the Gorakhpur Link Expressway in Uttar Pradesh’s Ambedkar Nagar district, claiming four lives and injuring three others, police said. The accident took place near kilometre 85 of the Gorakhpur Link Expressway, under the jurisdiction of Jaitpur police station.
The collision triggered panic in the area, following which local villagers rushed to the spot to assist the passengers and alerted the police.
–IANS
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