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Four killed, 5 hurt in Lakhimpur truck-auto crash
Police said that said the errant truck driver, Chhutkanne, had been apprehended and the truck had been taken into custody
Four persons, including three women, were killed while five others were seriously injured when a truck collided head-on with an auto at Aira bridge on the Sharda, on national highway 730, under the Khamaria police limits on Thursday evening.
Khyati Garg, senior superintendent of police (SSP) told Hindustan Times that the deceased were identified as Ram Devi (42), a resident of Khaniyapur village in Sitapur district, Jahira (32), Chhotanni (35), residents of Maharajnagar village, under the Dhaurahra police limits of Kheri, and Shyam Lal (55) of Hardi village under Dhaurahra police limits.
The accident left Jahira’s son and daughter, Chhotu and Khalikun, Akhtar Ali, Sharma Devi and Aishwarya Awasthi injured, she added. The injured were rushed to the district hospital, where they were under treatment.
She further said the errant truck driver Chhutkanne had been apprehended and the truck had been taken into custody.
The accident took place on Thursday evening when an auto (UP31CT-5155) was on its way to Sisaiya crossing in Dhaurahra from Lakhimpur side, carrying nearly a dozen passengers.
While crossing the Aira bridge on Sharda river on NH-730 under the Khamaria police limits, the auto had a head-on collision with a truck (UP31T-7863), coming from the opposite direction.
OP Ray, Khamaria police station in-charge, rushed to the spot and carried the injured to neighbouring Nakha Community Health Centre (CHC), where Rama Devi, Jahida and Shyam Lal succumbed to their injuries, while one Chhotanni died while under treatment at the district hospital.
Five of the injured were sent to district hospital in view of their serious condition.
The errant truck driver fled the spot along with his vehicle, but was apprehended at Rehua village.
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