CNN Central News & Networks / ITDC India ePress / ITDC News /Agencies/ Bhopal: Five people died and three others were injured in a severe road accident in Kushinagar, Uttar Pradesh, on Monday. The accident occurred near Tharuadih in the Hata Kotwali area, where a car and a truck collided head-on. The impact was so severe that the car was badly damaged.
According to preliminary information, a total of eight people were travelling in the car. They were returning to their village after attending a programme. On the way, their car collided with a truck coming from the opposite direction. Five people died on the spot in the accident, while three people were injured.
As soon as information about the accident was received, police reached the spot and, with the help of local residents, pulled out the injured and took them to hospital. The condition of two of the injured is said to be critical. They are undergoing treatment at the hospital. Police have taken possession of the bodies of the deceased and started the necessary legal proceedings. The cause of the accident is being ascertained. There was panic at the scene after the accident. The deaths of several people travelling in the same vehicle have plunged the families concerned into grief.
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