Lucknow: Three people, including a mother and daughter, were killed and two others were grievously injured when their car collided with a truck on the Lucknow-Agra expressway. The incident occurred on Saturday morning in the Karhal area of Uttar Pradesh’s Mainpuri district, said police.
The family from Madhubani in Bihar was en route from Punjab to their home state. “Those injured were taken to a nearby hospital where three of them succumbed,” said Mainpuri superintendent of police Vinod Kumar.
Those dead have been identified as Feeka Jha, 40, and her daughter Surja Jha, 17, and car driver Virendra Mishra, 30, who was a resident of Murli Nagar area in Uttar Pradesh’s Maharajganj district. Feeka’s husband Rajiv Jha and their son Aditya Jha sustained severe injuries and are undergoing treatment at a local hospital, said police.
Kumar added, “The incident occurred around 7 am near the 82-milestone marker on the e-way. A case has been registered and a thorough investigation is currently underway.”
Station house officer of Karhal police station, Kushapal Singh, said, “We are awaiting the arrival of family members and relatives of the victims. The bodies have been sent for post-mortem. Further probe on.”
