6 Children Among 14 Killed In Road Accident In UP’s Pratapgarh

Pratapgarh:

Fourteen individuals, together with six kids, died in a tragic highway accident in Uttar Pradesh’s Pratapgarh after their automotive rammed a truck on the freeway late on Thursday.

All of the occupants of the SUV died within the crash and various individuals have been injured. The accident occured round 11.45pm on Thursday on the Prayagraj-Lucknow freeway close to Deshraj Inara village.

Visuals from the accident exhibits a crumpled Mahindra Bolero being pulled out from the again of the truck.

Pratapgarh Superintendent of Police (SP) Anurag Arya mentioned the truck had been parked in conjunction with the freeway attributable to a punctured tyre when the SUV rammed it from behind. Half of the automotive was pulled out in a mangled state from underneath the truck later by police officers, he mentioned.

All victims had been returning residence to their village in Kunda within the district after attending a marriage, the police official mentioned, including that every one assist has been assured to the households of the victims.

5 our bodies had been recovered quickly after the crash whereas the remainder of the our bodies had been pulled out after the automotive was retrieved from underneath the truck. The kids who died within the crash had been all aged between 7 and 15, the official mentioned. The eight different victims had been all males aged between 20 and 60.

“We now have spoken to the households of the victims and the heads of their villages and warranted all of them doable assist,” SP Arya added.

“All of the our bodies can be despatched for autopsy examination on Friday,” the police officer mentioned, including that efforts are being made to contact the homeowners of the each the SUV and the truck.