Lucknow. The speeding truck overturned on a Maruti van coming from the front at around 11 am on Friday near Tikri village on Itaunja-Kursi road. In the accident, the van got buried under the truck and five occupants of the van died on the spot. There were a total of eight people in the van. Out of which seven are residents of Auras Nandoli village of Unnao district. On information, Itaunja and BKT police force reached the spot. With the help of crane, police personnel started seven rescues of the local people. After about two hours of rescue, everyone was rescued.
Inspector Itaunja Jitendra Kumar Singh said that the van occupants were returning from Ayodhya after having darshan. Inder Bahadur Singh (60), his son Anuj Singh (22), Aryan Singh (18), Durgesh Singh (26), resident of Auras Nandoli village of Unnao district in the van, besides Bhawani Singh (38), Babita Singh wife Bhupendra Singh resident Kanpur Dehat Rasulabad Laxmanpur Tilak and his son Arnav were riding. The van was coming towards Itaunza while the truck was going towards Kursi Road. Meanwhile, the truck went out of control and overturned on the van. Mango was loaded up to the top in the truck. As soon as the information was received, the police force reached the spot. The crane was immediately called in. The people trapped in the van were rescued and sent to the hospital. Where, the doctors admitted Indra Bahadur, Anuj and Babita seeing their condition critical. While Arnav Singh, Aryan Singh, Ajit Singh, Durgesh Singh and Bhavani Singh were declared dead. The five bodies have been sent for post-mortem.
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