8 killed, 3 injured as SUV collides with truck on Agra-Kanpur National Highway

Mangalore Today News Network

Kanpur, Mar 11, 2021:      A road accident on the Agra-Kanpur National Highway turned fatal on Thursday morning when an SUV collided with a truck, killing eight people and injuring three others, police said.

 

The accident took place on the National Highway - 2 at about 5:15 am, under Agra’s Etmadpur area. The SUV driver probably dozed off and lost control of the car, say reports.

As per reports, there were 12 people travelling in the SUV, a Scorpio.The SUV was traveling from the Etmadpur side, jumped over the median line, and entered the traffic coming from the opposite side. A container truck, which was coming from Agra, tried to prevent the collision but failed due to high speed.

"The dead bodies have been sent for post mortem while injured are being treated at the hospital. The Scorpio is registered in Jharkhand," said Bablu Kumar, SSP, Agra.

The SUV was completely crushed in the accident. It has a Jharkhand registration n. JH13 D 5029, and is registered in the name of Mohd. Hafiz-ur-Rehman. Locals tried to rescue the passengers stuck inside the damaged car and managed to pull out four of them, who were then sent to the hospital in critical condition.

An inspector at Itmad-ud-Daulah Police Station, Sanjay Kumar Tyagi, who arrived at spot soon afterward, told India Today that the bodies of the other passengers could be recovered only after an hour-long operation to break through the crushed body of the SUV.

One of the injured told the rescuers before losing consciousness that they were traveling from Gaya. None of the others were in a condition to speak. The stretch of NH-2 between Agra and Etmadpur remains jammed and efforts are underway to move the damaged SUV and container truck from the highway.
The driver and cleaner of the container truck remain absconding.

Courtesy: India Today