Two minors, man die in road accident

Kanpur: Three persons, including two minors died and three others injured after a speeding car in which they were travelling rammed into a roadside electric pole on the Maurawan-Gurbaksh Ganj road in Unnao district on Saturday night.
Police reached the spot and sent the dead bodies for the post-mortem examination and injured persons to a nearby hospital.
The police said the accident occurred while the victims, all residents of Maurawan, were on their way to attend a wedding ceremony in Thakurain Kheda village of the district.
Vinod (40) along with his younger brother Ashok (35) besides neighbours Manish (17), Vijay (16), Mahadev (17) and Mithun (17) was travelling in a car to attend the wedding ceremony.
Ashok was driving the car, when near Akohri village on Maurawan-Gurbaksh Ganj road, he lost control over the vehicle and it rammed into a road-side electric pole. “All the occupants of the car were injured in the incident. Police reached the spot and rushed them to a Community Health Centre, where the doctors declared Manish, Vijay and Vinod dead,” the police said.
Seeing the serious condition of Mahadev, Ashok and Mithun, they were referred to the district hospital. On Sunday, the police conducted the post-mortem of all the three bodies and handed them to their respective families.
Police station in-charge Bhawan Singh said the incident took place after a speeding car rammed into an electric pole. “The accident took place while all the occupants of the car were on their way to Thakurain Kheda village to attend a wedding ceremony. Three people died while three others sustained injuries. The post-mortem of the dead bodies has been done and were handed to the families. To ascertain the exact cause that led to the accident, investigations are continuing,” Singh further said.