Bulandshahr, 25 Aug (HS): The death toll in the

road accident in Bulandshahr district of Uttar Pradesh has reached nine. 20

people have been discharged from different hospitals and 10 people have been

sent to Aligarh for treatment. Two people are admitted in the ICU and the rest are

undergoing treatment. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has expressed his

condolences on this incident and announced financial assistance of Rs. 2 lakh and

and Rs. 50, 000 each to the families of the deceased and injured respectively.

Senior

Superintendent of Police (SSP) Dinesh Kumar Singh said that an accident

occurred at around 2:15 am in Rania police station area near Aligarh border on

NH 34. 61 people were going to visit Jaharpeer in Hanuman district of Rajasthan

in a double decker tractor trolley from Rafatpur village of Soro police station

area of ​​Kasganj. These people told that they have been going there for many

years. When all of them were going at night, a canter hit them from behind, due

to which the tractor trolley overturned and all the people in it got injured.

On receiving the

information, the injured were rescued by the forces of several police stations,

PRV and ambulances and admitted to Rania, Khurja and Kailash Hospital for

treatment. Eight people died here. The remaining injured were referred to the

district hospital and 10 people to the medical college in Aligarh. Other people

were being treated at Kailash Hospital. During this, a person named Lekhraj

also died. In this way, nine people have lost their lives. 20 people have also

been discharged from Aligarh and Kailash Hospital. The condition of the rest is

normal and they are undergoing treatment. Panchnama of nine people is being

filled and post-mortem of the dead bodies is being done. Police is

investigating by taking the vehicles involved in the incident into custody.

District

Magistrate Shruti said that nine people have died in a road accident in Rania

police station area. All these people are residents of Kasganj, who were going

to a religious place in Rajasthan sitting in a tractor trolley. Then a vehicle

hit them. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has taken cognizance of the incident

and expressed his condolences to the families of the deceased. Along with this,

he has announced financial assistance of two lakh rupees each to the families

of the deceased and 50 thousand rupees each to the seriously injured. The DM

said that the injured are being provided better treatment under the supervision

of the administration.

Hindusthan Samachar / Abhishek Awasthi