Three people, including a three-year-old girl, were killed and 10 others injured after an SUV carrying 13 people crashed into a pedestrian divider on Lucknow’s outer ring road on Monday, police said.
The accident occurred around 3.30 pm on a railway bridge over the Lucknow-Sultanpur railway line in the Sushant Golf City police station area, when the Bolero went out of control and hit the divider, according to a police statement.
The injured were reported to be in stable condition. The victim were identified as Santosh alias Santu, Ramdulari and a girl aged around three years. Those taken to the community health centre were later referred to Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Civil Hospital in Lucknow for further treatment. Deputy Commissioner of Police (South) Mohammad Mushtaq and other senior officers inspected the accident site and hospitals and directed doctors to ensure proper treatment for the injured. The families of the deceased and injured have been informed.
The accident occurred around 3.30 pm on a railway bridge over the Lucknow-Sultanpur railway line in the Sushant Golf City police station area, when the Bolero went out of control and hit the divider, according to a police statement. Police rushed to the spot and shifted the injured to Trauma-2 at the Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences (SGPGIMS) and the Gosainganj community health centre. Police said 13 people, including four children, were travelling in the vehicle and 10 sustained injuries.
All the occupants of the vehicle were residents of Unnao district and were travelling to the Mahadev temple at Avsaneshwar in Barabanki for a ritual, police said. Police said other legal proceedings were underway.
