Kaushambi,

27 March (HS): Eight passengers were killed when a pickup truck carrying

pilgrims rammed into a trailer from behind on the Kanpur-Prayagraj highway in

Kaushambi district, Uttar Pradesh, on Friday afternoon. Twenty others were

injured and hospitalized. Police and district administration officials arrived

at the scene and transported the injured to the hospital. Police are currently

working to identify the deceased.

In this

regard, Kaushambi Superintendent of Police Rajesh Kumar, speaking at the

Sirathu Community Center, stated that a family and several others were

returning from a child's head-tonsure (mundan) ceremony in Prayagraj. Their

pickup vehicle collided with a trailer traveling on the road near a petrol pump

in Dorma village. Upon receiving information, police arrived at the scene and

transported the injured to the hospital. Eight people died in the accident,

including five women and three children. Twenty injured are undergoing

treatment at the hospital. He stated that 28 people were reportedly travelling

in the pickup , believed to be residents of Barokhar village in the Malwan area

of Fatehpur district. He stated that the police are investigating and the

deceased are being identified.

Hindusthan Samachar / Abhishek Awasthi