PRAYAGRAJ, Aug. 6 -- A 57-year-old man died and eight others were injured in a collision between an auto-rickshaw and a car on the Varanasi-Lucknow Highway near the Babhanmai intersection in Pratapgarh's Raniganj area on Tuesday afternoon.

The accident occurred when an auto-rickshaw and a car collided head-on during an overtaking attempt. The impact was so intense that all auto passengers were flung onto the road. According to Raniganj SHO Prabhat Kumar, the heavily damaged car was abandoned as its occupants fled the scene in another vehicle.

The deceased was identified as Umashankar, a resident of Rohkhurd Kala under the Fatanpur police station. One of his legs was severed in the accident. Two of the injured were taken to Raniganj Trau...