Four youths were killed and three others injured after a car carrying a group of friends returning from a Navratri fair crashed into a tree on the Kasya-Deoria road near Ramabhar bridge in Kushinagar district late Monday night.
He reportedly chose not to travel back with them. The circumstances leading to the crash, including the car’s speed and who was driving at the time of the accident, are yet to be established. Police officials said Himanshu Verma (22), who had accompanied the group to the fair, had refused to return in the car, citing concerns that the friends drove at high speed.
Two men died on the spot, while two others succumbed to their injuries during treatment,” he added. Nitesh, son of Shakuntal Prasad, the village head of Mathia Runi village in Tarakulwa, had taken his car and picked up friends from neighbouring villages before heading to the fair. Kushinagar’s Kasya circle officer (CO), Ajay Kumar Singh said the accident took place around 15 km from the district headquarters. “The car, reportedly travelling at around 100 kmph, had seven occupants at the time of the crash, according to the information available.
The group had left for the Navratri fair in Kasya on Monday evening, according to family members.
