Gorakhpur. An uncontrollable car crushed three laborers sleeping on the footpath on the Gorakhnath overbridge in Gorakhpur late on Tuesday night. After the accident, the speeding car overturned on the overbridge after hitting the railing.
laborers admitted to district hospital
In critical condition, the police took the laborers to the district hospital where the doctor declared two dead. The condition of a laborer living in Deoria district is critical. The police have taken into custody four youths in a car coming from Nepal.
Accident happened in overtaking truck
The arrested youths are being interrogated. One of the youths in the car told that his car was driving behind a truck. While overtaking, the car rammed on the pavement and the accident took place. After that the car overturned.
Such an accident
At 1.30 pm on Tuesday night, the speeding car coming from Maharajganj side overturned on the middle road crushing the laborers sleeping on the pavement after hitting the railing at Gorakhnath overbridge turn.
Car occupant in custody
Umesh Maurya, 30, and two other 50-year-old laborers were injured in the accident, resident of Vishunpura village of Rampur factory area of Deoria district. Kotwali and Gorakhnath police station reached on the information of passers-by and took the injured to the district hospital. After the accident, Pitamber Sharma, Ramu Thakur, Sudhir and Amarjeet Prajapati, residents of Sahjanwa Babu village of Brijmanganj police station area of Maharajganj district who were trapped in the car, were rescued.
Police engaged in identification of dead
The youths in the car with minor injuries were discharged after first aid. The Kotwali police is taking them into custody and interrogating them. CO Kotwali Ratneshwar Singh said that those who died in the accident have not been identified. Traffic has been started after removing the crashed car.