Lucknow, Nov. 9 -- Twelve people, including a 21-day-old newborn, were killed in three separate accidents in Uttar Pradesh, with nine losing their lives in two road accidents and three members of a family dying after the roof of their house collapsed.
In one of the accidents, six members of a family were burnt alive after their car caught fire following a collision with a road divider on the Panipat-Khatima highway in Muzaffarnagar early Monday. The accident occurred around 5 am near Titawi when the car, travelling towards Haridwar, went out of control, hit the divider and overturned. The vehicle caught fire, trapping all six occupants inside.
The deceased included two brothers. Their bodies were charred beyond recognition. Police identified the victims as residents of Haryana's Hisar district through the vehicle's registration number and informed their family members.
In another accident, three passengers were killed and over 40 injured after a bus travelling from Rajasthan's Bhiwadi to Bihar's Chhapra overturned into a nearly 40-foot-deep ditch near Zero Point on the Agra-Lucknow Expressway in Lucknow. Several children were among the injured. Passengers alleged that the driver was drunk, though this was not officially confirmed. A tyre burst was also suspected.
Meanwhile, a 21-day-old baby, his mother and grandmother died after the roof of their kutcha house collapsed in Kanpur's Bhav Singh village on Sunday.
Published by HT Digital Content Services with permission from Millennium Post.