Mainpuri/Muzaffarnagar (UP), Apr 29 (PTI) Three persons, including a couple, were killed in a road accident in Mainpuri district, while a woman died and another was injured in a separate mishap in Muzaffarnagar, police said on Wednesday.
Both incidents took place on Tuesday night.
In Mainpuri, the accident occurred near the Shitala Devi temple on Devi Road under Kotwali police circle when a pickup vehicle hit a motorcycle head-on, Superintendent of Police Ganesh Saha said.
The victims, Dharmendra Singh (50), his wife Baby (48), both residents of Ferozabad, and Sanjay Singh (40) of Tavepur village, were on the two-wheeler, on their way to attend the cremation of a relative, when the incident took place.
According to police, the pickup and a Wagon R car were attempting to overtake each other when the former went out of control and rammed into the motorcycle, killing all three riders on the spot.
Police rushed to the scene upon receiving information and sent the bodies for post-mortem examination, Saha added.
In a separate incident in Muzaffarnagar’s Charthawal town on Tuesday night, a 30-year-old woman, Imrana, was killed after being hit by a speeding car on Rajbaha Road, police said. Another woman sustained injuries in the incident.
Circle Officer Ravishankar said the victims were walking along the roadside when the car struck them, throwing Imrana into a canal. She was taken to a hospital where she was declared dead.
The body has been sent for post-mortem, police said.
Following the incident, angry villagers staged a protest and demanded strict action against the accused driver, who fled the spot, leaving behind the vehicle. Police said efforts are underway to trace and arrest the driver. PTI COR KIS AMJ AMJ
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