Lucknow: Five of a family were killed in a road accident late Saturday night in Shravasti. The incident occurred on the Buddha circuit (Bahraich-Balrampur) highway after the driver tried to save a Nilgai (blue cow) and instead rammed into a tree.
Superintendent of police, Shravasti, Prachi Singh, said that one Nilansh Gupta of Bahraich was coming to Balrampur on Saturday after booking an SUV of Ajay Mishra.
Nilansh’s sister Niti Gupta (18), a family member Vaibhav (28), another woman and two children (their identities could not be ascertained) were also with him in the vehicle, said SP Singh.
“As soon as they reached Sitadwar turn on the Buddhist circuit a Nilgai came on the passage. To save it, the driver lost control of the vehicle and collided with a tree on the roadside. The impact was such that the SUV was tossed, it fell into a ditch and then overturned,” said the officer.
Singh added that some locals spotted and informed the nearest Ikauna police, which reached the spot and after cutting the door of the vehicle, took out the victims and sent them to the nearest hospital.
“Nilansh, Niti, a woman and two children (whose identities could not be ascertained) were declared brought dead. Vaibhav was referred to Medical College Bahraich, where he is in critical condition. Ajay, who was driving the SUV, is undergoing treatment in a hospital in Ikauna,” said SP Shravasti.
