Two kids, woman, among four killed in accident on highway

Kanpur: Four persons including two minors kids and a woman were killed while more than 24 others were injured after the tractor-trolley they were travelling on collided with a container truck on Kanpur-Allahabad highway in Maharajpur police area of the district on Tuesday.
The deceased were identified as Ravi (17), Shiva (5), Shivam (7) and Rita (30), residents of Tirwa area of Kannauj. “On Tuesday, the four, along with others were returning to Chakeri from a ‘mundan’ ceremony at Dyodhi ghat on the banks of river Ganga in a tractor-trolley. Their vehicle was hit by a container truck near Ruma turn on Kanpur-Allahabad highway.”

“The villagers informed the police control room following which a police team and ambulance were dispatched. After the bodies were identified, we shifted them to mortuary,” said circle officer (Sadar) Bhagwan Singh and added that the injured have been admitted to Kanshiram Trauma Centre.

The intensity of the accident could be gauged by the fact that the tractor trolley was badly mangled in the crash. The mangled tractor-trolley was removed with the help of cranes to restore the traffic.