Four people were killed and two others injured in three separate road accidents in the state capital on Saturday and Sunday.
“The four occupants were rushed to a hospital by the police. The damaged vehicle was being removed from the road and traffic movement remained normal, police added. He was taken to a hospital in Gosainganj, where doctors declared him dead. The pickup has been seized and its driver is being traced.
Doctors declared Savitri Devi, 48, mother of sub-inspector Sonu Nigam, and his uncle Sher Singh, 55, dead during treatment,” said SHO Kakori Nawab Ahmed. Meanwhile, in another incident, a 30-year-old man died after his scooter collided with a car on the Nishatganj flyover in Mahanagar late Saturday night, police said on Sunday. Police said Nisaar Ali, a resident of Badi Devariya, was heading towards Kisan Path when the accident occurred around 12.30pm.
In the first incident, two persons, including the mother of a Uttar Pradesh police sub-inspector, were killed after a car carrying four people crashed near the Chakouli underpass in Kakori Sunday morning, police said. The accident occurred around 9am when the car travelling from Bulandshahr towards Mohanlalganj, went out of control and crashed near the underpass, according to a police statement. “Nigam, 28, who is posted at Nahtaur police station in Bijnor district, and another occupant, Sandeep Bhati, 28, suffered minor injuries and are undergoing treatment,” the SHO added. Police said the bodies have been sent for post-mortem examination and other legal formalities are underway. “The accident took place around 12.30am in front of the police outpost on the flyover,” read police statement A 50-year-old man died after his motorcycle collided with a pickup vehicle on the service road near Khurdahi Bazaar in Lucknow’s Sushant Golf City area on Sunday afternoon.
