Bareilly, 21 Dec (HS): On the Lucknow-Delhi

national highway in Uttar Pradesh's Bareilly, a 45-year-old man was killed in a

head-on accident between two automobiles caused by severe fog. The incident

occurred on late Saturday night, they added. According to Additional Superintendent

of Police (North) Mukesh Chandra Mishra, victim Rupesh Kumar Agarwal (45), a

resident of the Baradari police station area, worked as an accountant at the

Faridpur Municipal Council and drove himself to work every day.

Jaiswal

was returning to Bareilly on Saturday night after ending his work. According to

the officer, when his automobile approached the intersection of Navadiya Jhadha

and the Bithri Chainpur Bridge, it collided with another car traveling in the

other way.

The crash was so violent that both automobiles

were totally wrecked. Police brought Agarwal, who was critically hurt in the

incident, to the hospital, but medics declared him dead, Mishra added. According

to police, the corpse has been submitted for a post-mortem, and the occupants

of the other automobile involved in the collision have yet to be identified.

Hindusthan Samachar / Abhishek Awasthi