Five killed, nine hurt as car rams into SUV in UP's Firozabad

Five people were killed and nine others injured when a speeding car rammed into a parked SUV on the Lucknow-Agra Expressway in Nasirpur on Tuesday, police said.Superintendent of Police Rural Ranvijay Singh said the people in the SUV, who were on their way to Jaipur from Gorakhpur, had got down to relieve themselves when the car rammed into their vehicle around 9.30 am.

Five people were killed and nine others injured when a speeding car rammed into a parked SUV on the Lucknow-Agra Expressway in Nasirpur on Tuesday, police said.

Superintendent of Police (Rural) Ranvijay Singh said the people in the SUV, who were on their way to Jaipur from Gorakhpur, had got down to relieve themselves when the car rammed into their vehicle around 9.30 am. The occupants of the car were returning to Delhi after attending a marriage in Ambedkar Nagar in Uttar Pradesh, police said.

Four passengers of the SUV and one in the other car were killed, while seven others in the SUV and two in the other vehicle were injured and are undergoing treatment, Singh, who visited the spot, said.

The car hit the SUV as its occupants were on their way to board it and ran over four them before overturning, an eyewitness claimed. Those killed were identified as Babulal (40), Nemichand (43), Kailash (38), Rakesh (37) and Mithlesh Gupta (35), who was travelling in the car. Their bodies were sent for postmortem, he added.

Traffic movement on the expressway is going on, said Singh.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath expressed grief over the loss of lives in the accident and directed officials to to ensure proper treatment of the injured, an official spokesperson said.