Kushinagar,

13 July (HS): Four people died and two were injured in a collision between a

car and a tractor-trolley on a four-lane road near Baghikuti in Patharewa area

of Kushinagar district on Sunday morning. The car occupants were going from

Jharkhand to Siddharthnagar. The deceased have been identified as Manoj Sharma,

Sujit Jaiswal, Ramkaran Gupta and Kailash Mani Tripathi of Siddharthnagar

district.

Survivors Rajesh Sharma son of Krishna Sharma (driver) and Sushant

Sharma son of Dhirendra Sharma resident of Deendayal Nagar Siddharthnagar

district said that all the people had left from Devghar in Jharkhand at 10 pm

last night after visiting Vaidyanath Dham. Due to continuous driving, they

dozed off in the morning and the car collided with a tractor trolley.

In a

press release issued from the Superintendent of Police office, it has been told

that four people in the car died in the accident and two people were injured.

The injured are being given proper treatment. All the deceased are residents of

Siddharthnagar. Further necessary action is underway. Peace and order is

maintained at the spot.

Hindusthan Samachar / Abhishek Awasthi