Jaunpur, 13 Aug
(HS): Five passengers died and many were injured in a collision between a roadways
bus and a truck late on Tuesday night at the turn of Gurani Bazaar located in
Khetasarai police station area in Jaunpur district of Uttar Pradesh. Seven of
these seriously injured are being treated at the district hospital. One has
been referred to Varanasi Trauma Center. District Magistrate Dr. Dinesh Singh
and Superintendent of Police Dr. Kaustubh reached the district hospital. They
enquired about the condition of the injured and directed the doctors to provide
proper treatment. The District Magistrate confirmed the accident and said that
a roadways bus was going from Varanasi to Shahganj. The bus was going in the
wrong direction and suddenly collided with a truck. Five people died in the
incident, including two men, a woman and a child. Another person died in the
hospital during treatment.
Police have
identified one of the deceased as Devi Prasad (32) son of Harihar Prasad,
resident of Pataila Khuthan. The rest are being identified. The injured include
Manoj Kumar son of Ramchandra Gurani Khetasarai, Saraswati wife of Manoj,
resident of Guni Khetasarai, Usha Devi wife of Harishchandra, resident of
Arora, Azamgarh, Harishchandra son of late Rambachan Sharma, resident of Azamgarh,
Pradeep Mishra son of Shrinarayan Mishra, resident of Khuthan, Shahganj,
Ravindra Kumar son of Vishram Shahganj, Sarita wife of Ramesh, resident of
Mehndipur Shahganj, Raj son of Manoj, resident of Gurani Khetasarai, Vinod
Saroj son of Chhotelal, resident of Khuthan, Etmadpur, Bhole son of
Satyanarayan, resident of Motihari, Bihar, Chandan son of Harishchandra,
resident of Rudauli, Sunny Kumar Sahu, son of Kamala Prasad Sahu, resident of
Khetasarai, Rampal son of Balraj, resident of Godna, Khetasarai, Suno son of
Rampalat, resident of Godna, Ravindra Prasad son of Badri Prasad, resident of
Godna, Ashok Saket son of Lal Chandra, resident of Rewa, Madhya Pradesh, Jeetu
son of Chhotelal, resident of Rewa, Madhya Pradesh.
Hindusthan Samachar / Abhishek Awasthi