Mundan rites became funeral rites! Pickup collides with trolley parked on the highway in Kaushambi, 7 people die on the spot

Kaushambi: A terrible road accident on the Kanpur-Prayagraj highway in Kaushambi district of Uttar Pradesh left many families in tears. At around 3.30 pm on Friday afternoon, a pickup vehicle hit a trolley parked on the side of the highway near Dorma Petrol Pump from behind. The collision was so strong that the wheels of the pickup were blown off and the vehicle was badly damaged.

People were returning from Mundan Sanskar

All the passengers who were victims of the accident were residents of Badokhar village in Malwa area of ​​Fatehpur district. On the auspicious occasion of Ram Navami, he had gone to visit Maa Shitala Devi at Kada Dham. Arrived after booking a pickup in the morning and was returning home after completing the Mundan Sanskar of a child at Sangam Ghat. The son of Pankaj Singh, resident of Koraval village of Jafarganj police station area of ​​Fatehpur, was shaved. A total of 25 to 35 people including family and relatives were traveling in the loader pickup.

Seven deaths, more than two dozen injured

Four women and three children died in the accident. The remaining injured were immediately taken to the hospital. He is undergoing treatment at Community Health Center Sirathu and District Hospital. The health department sent four ambulances and helped in transporting the injured.

CMO Dr. Sanjay Kumar told that 23 patients reached his centre. A woman and three children had died. Some of the injured were referred to the district hospital with the possibility of fracture, while the treatment of 14 other patients continues there. The emergency staff and CMS team in the hospital are working with full diligence.

Screaming on the highway

After the accident, the screams of the injured echoed on the road. People nearby came running to help. Due to the accident, traffic on the highway was jammed for a long time.

Police and administration active

Police reached the spot and started relief work and started investigating the cause of the accident. According to preliminary information, the main reason could be the high speed of the pickup or the driver losing control. This incident happened on the auspicious occasion of Ram Navami, due to which a wave of mourning has spread in the entire area. The family is in a bad condition, crying. We are praying for the speedy recovery of the injured.