Four people died on the spot, while two were seriously injured in a horrific road accident on Nanpara-Bahraich road in Matera police station area of Bahraich late on Sunday night. The accident happened near Dihwa petrol pump, where a speeding car returning from Nepal collided with a combine machine parked on the roadside. The collision was so strong that the car was blown apart and there was an outcry at the spot.
In the accident, Ashwini Kumar son of Ramkumar resident of Metukaha police station Ramgaon, Altaf Ahmed son of Abdul Qadir resident of Hamjapura Bahraich, Ramnarayan and Anil Kumar son of Shyam Narayan resident of Metukaha police station Ramgaon and Mahendra Pal son of Radheshyam resident of Mohammadnagar police station Fatehpur Mohammadnagar were traveling in the car. Of these, four people died on the spot, while two others were seriously injured.
As soon as the information was received, Matera police station in-charge reached the spot with the police team and started relief work. ASP DP Tiwari said that the injured were immediately sent to the district hospital, where they are undergoing treatment. The police have taken the bodies into custody and sent them for post-mortem. As soon as the news of the accident was received, there was chaos among the families of the deceased. All four deceased are residents of Bahraich. One injured has been identified as Shivam Srivastava and the other has not been identified.
