Couple, 3-mth-old son die as car plunges into pit
LUCKNOW, Nov. 7 -- A couple and their three-month-old son died after the car they were travelling in plunged into a deep, water-filled pit alongside a road in Hardoi district in the early hours of Friday. Their 28-year-old relative, who was driving the vehicle, was found unconscious and rushed to a hospital closer to the spot in adjoining Kannauj district, police said.
The family was returning from Gurugram to Hardoi for the Diwali holidays when their car went out of control near Jafarpur turn on the Bilgram-Kannauj road around 3.30am on Friday.
The deceased were identified as Ramesh Kumar Kushwaha, 35, his wife Neelam, 32, and their three-month-old son, Abhimanyu. Ramesh worked with a private company in Gurugram and was originally from Hardoi.
According to Hardoi's police Bilgram circle officer Ram Surat Sonkar, when the police team reached the spot, the car was completely submerged. With the help of villagers, police personnel entered the water, opened the car doors using ropes and pulled out all four occupants.
Ramesh, Neelam and their infant son were declared dead on reaching the hospital. The fourth occupant, identified as Aditya, 28, was found unconscious and taken to the district hospital in Kannauj for treatment. The three bodies were sent for a post-mortem examination, the SHO said.
Ramesh's brother Sumesh said his brother had spoken to the family around 6pm on Thursday and told them that they would leave Gurugram by car at 7pm and reach home by morning.
Ramesh married Neelam, a resident of Gausganj in Sandila, in December 2022. Aditya, Ramesh's cousin (maternal uncle's son), also lived in Gurugram and was originally from Kakadeo in Kanpur. Police are investigating how the car went off the road and plunged into the pit....
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