Woman killed in road accident in Sultanpur, husband injured

A 45-year-old woman died while her husband was severely injured when an unknown vehicle hit their motorcycle on the Ayodhya-Prayagraj National Highway here, police said on Thursday.

The couple was going to a market on Wednesday evening when the incident took place near Patna village, local Kurebhar police station SHO Kurebhar Pravin Yadav said.

Local people rushed the couple to a medical college hospital in an ambulance where doctors declared the woman, Lalita, dead, police said, adding that the man is undergoing treatment.

The body has been sent for a post-mortem examination, the SHO added.

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