Tragic Road Accident Claims Junior Engineer's Life

A junior engineer working under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme was killed after a vehicle hit his motorcycle on the Haliapur-Belwai road in Sultanpur district, police said Thursday.

The accident took place near Sanjay Nagar as Arjun Singh (45) was returning home from duty late last night. Singh, posted in Baldirai tehsil and a resident of Bhatkoli, was rushed to a local Community Health Centre. He was later referred to the Government Medical College in Sultanpur.

Due to his critical condition, doctors decided to transfer Singh to the Trauma Centre in Lucknow, but he succumbed to his injuries en route. Inspector Amit Kumar Mishra confirmed that a case has been registered against the unidentified vehicle driver and that Singh's body has been sent for postmortem examination.

(With inputs from agencies.)