Sonbhadra,

April 25 (HS): On Saturday morning, in the Robertsganj Kotwali area of

Sonbhadra district in Uttar Pradesh, a car returning from a wedding ceremony

lost control, hit a divider, and overturned near Lodhi on the

Varanasi-Shaktinagar road. Three people in the car died in the accident, while

five others were seriously injured. Police admitted all of them to the Medical

College Hospital, where doctors referred the seriously injured driver to the

Trauma Center at BHU for further treatment.

Police

Circle Officer Randhir Mishra stated that on Friday, a wedding procession had

arrived from Pauni village in the Raipur police station area, in Sasanai

village, under the Kon police station area. After the wedding, eight people

left for their homes in a Xylo car at 2 a.m. As they approached Robertsganj

Lodhi at 3:30 a.m., the driver dozed off, causing the car to lose control and

hit a divider and overturn. Following the incident, police arrived at the scene

and rushed everyone to the medical college. Doctors at the medical college

declared Jitendra Sahni (18), Dilip Paswan (20), and Nitesh Yadav (25), residents

of Sasanai village in the Kon police station area, dead. All the other injured

are being treated. The driver, Chhote Lal, has been sent to the BHU Trauma

Center for further treatment. The Robertsganj Kotwali police have sent the

bodies for post-mortem examination and have begun an investigation.

Hindusthan Samachar / Abhishek Awasthi