Muzaffarnagar/Etah (UP), Jul 13 (PTI) A kawariya was killed, and nine others injured in separate incidents in Muzaffarnagar and Etah districts on Sunday, police said.
In Muzaffarnagar, a kawariya was killed and two others seriously injured after their motorcycle collided with a speeding car on the Delhi-Dehradun highway, police said.
The incident occurred around 2:30 am when three kawariyas — Amit (35), Aman, and Abhishek — were en route to Haridwar from Shahjahanpur district to collect holy water from the Ganga, Station House Officer (SHO) Vikas Yadav of Chapar police station said.
They were travelling on a motorcycle when it collided head-on with a speeding car. Amit died on the spot, while Aman and Abhishek sustained serious injuries and were rushed to a nearby hospital, the SHO said.
The body was sent for post-mortem.
The car driver fled after the accident, abandoning the vehicle, which was later seized by police, Yadav added. Further investigation is underway.
In a separate incident in Etah, seven kawariyas from Rajasthan were injured when the tyre of their tempo got punctured, police said.
The accident took place on the Etah-Tundla road in the Sakrauli police station area on Sunday afternoon when the tempo’s tyre punctured, causing the driver to lose control and hit a tree.
The injured were rushed to the hospital, with four in serious condition.
All the injured are residents of Jatauli village in Dhaulpur, Rajasthan. PTI COR ABN HIG
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