UP: Three killed after drunk man rams car into temple gathering
LUCKNOW, Oct. 19 -- Three people were killed and four others seriously injured after a speeding car, allegedly driven by an intoxicated man, rammed into a gathering near a temple in Balrampur district in Uttar Pradesh, police said on Sunday.
According to police, the incident took place around 11 pm on Saturday in Chrangahi Belha village, under Dehat police station limits, when a car rammed into a tent beside a temple and ran over seven people and crashed into a wall. The driver was arrested within an hour, police said.
Chief minister Yogi Adityanath announced Rs.2 lakh compensation each for deceased's families and Rs.50,000 each for the injured.
The deceased were identified as Pateshwari Prasad (42), Manoj Singh (51), and Ganesh Pandey (45). The injured-Chhedi Ram (50), Ghop Ram (31), Dablu (37), and Mukesh Tiwari (30)-were referred to a higher medical centre in Bahraich for treatment.
Circle officer Abhishek Singh said people had gathered by the roadside to watch videos projected on a screen in a tent near the temple when the speeding car went out of control in the darkness and rammed into them.
The driver, identified as Adarsh Yadav, a resident of Sitapur, fled the scene in the car after the accident. Police launched a search, sealed the border and arrested him within an hour, Singh said.
Witnesses alleged that Yadav was heavily intoxicated and that liquor bottles were found inside the car. However, the allegations are yet to be verified....
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