2 days ago
Three killed, 23 injured in Kasganj family vehicle collision
A vehicle carrying one family crashed into a truck in Kasganj.
The crash happened early in the morning near Mohanpura village.
The family was travelling from Karauli in Rajasthan to Soronji.
They were going there to immerse ashes.
Three people died in the crash.
Twenty-three others were hurt, including women and children.
Six people with serious injuries were taken to a medical centre in Aligarh.
Police are investigating what caused the accident.
Three people were killed and 23 others injured in a head-on collision in Kasganj district, police said.
The crash involved a pickup carrying 26 family members and a loader truck near Mohanpura village.
The family was travelling from Karauli district in Rajasthan to Soronji for immersion of ashes.
The injured included eight men, eight women and seven children; six seriously injured people were referred to Aligarh.
Police sent the bodies for post-mortem examination, restored traffic and began investigating the crash.
- Who
- Twenty-six members of a family from Karauli district, Rajasthan, were travelling in the pickup; three died and 23 were injured.
- What
- A pickup vehicle carrying the family collided head-on with a loader truck.
- Where
- Near Mohanpura village on the Kasganj-Sikandra Rao road in Kasganj district, Uttar Pradesh.
- When
- Around 4 a.m. on Monday, August 31.
- Why
- The family was travelling to Soronji for immersion of ashes; the cause of the collision remains under investigation.
Key facts
- Deaths
- 3
- Injured
- 23
- People in pickup
- 26 family members
- Crash location
- Near Mohanpura village, Kasganj-Sikandra Rao road
- Travel route
- Karauli district, Rajasthan, to Soronji
- Seriously injured
- 6 referred to a higher medical centre in Aligarh
- Injured breakdown
- 8 men, 8 women and 7 children
Quotes
Om Prakash Singh
Kasganj Superintendent of Police
“The family was travelling from Karauli to Soronji for immersion of ashes. There were 26 people in the pickup, of whom three died. Around half a dozen seriously injured people have been referred to Aligarh.”
theprint.in
Sources
Related news
Six Pilgrims Killed, 14 Injured in Haryana Expressway Crash
Pilgrim killed, 30 injured as pickup overturns in Kaushambi
Uttar Pradesh pickup overturn kills one, injures nearly 30 devotees
Speeding Car Rams Truck, Killing 3 in Madhya Pradesh
Three family members killed in car-truck collision in Dholpur
Tractor Hits Kanwariyas in UP: 2 Killed, 1 Injured
NEET MDS Round 1 Provisional Allotment Lists 1,521 Candidates
UP Minister Finds Government College in Disrepair After Wall Climb
Actor Chandrachur Singh Files FIR Over Alleged Will Forgery
AMU Student Dies in Second Suicide Case at University
