SHAHJAHANPUR: A car collided with a canter truck coming from the opposite direction while trying to avoid a stray animal on the Bareilly-Farrukhabad state highway in the Madanapur area of UP’s Shahjahanpur on Wednesday night.
The accident resulted in the death of five people, including two children, while three were reported injured. Three survivors of the accident were admitted to the Govt Medical College.
Riyasat Ali (40) from Navada Nagla Banwari village in the Kaant police station area of Shahjahanpur was in the clothing business. On Wednesday night around 9pm, he left for Delhi in a car with his wife Aamna Begum (38), daughters Gudiya (6), Khushi (10), and son Subhan (7) to attend a wedding ceremony there.
Three members of another family from Etah district also accompanied them in the same car.
Around 10 PM, near Barkheda Jaipal village in the Madanapur area, a stray animal suddenly appeared on the road, and while attempting to save the animal, the driver turned the steering wheel and collided with a truck coming from the opposite direction.
The collision was so severe that the car was completely wrecked. Passersby initiated a rescue and informed the police about the accident. Upon receiving the information, the police sent the injured to Madanapur Community Health Centre (CHC).
In critical condition, all were taken to the Govt Medical College. There, the doctor declared Riyasat, Aamna Begum, Gudiya, Annu, and her daughter Noor dead. The injured are being treated, but their condition remains critical, said police.
Dharmendra Mishra, a local resident, said, “There is no respite from the stray cattle in the area. Several bikers were injured in the recent past, but no steps were taken by the district administration or police to control their movement on roads as well as our farms.”
Dr Anurag Parashar, the EMO of the Govt Medical College, stated that seven people were brought to the hospital. Among them, two women, two children, and one man died, while two children are injured. Both children’s conditions remain critical.
SP City Sanjay Kumar said, “The truck driver has been apprehended after the accident. Meanwhile, there is chaos among the families of the deceased. The bodies have been sent for autopsy. An FIR will be registered on the complaint of the victim’s family.”
