An overturned car can be seen. (AI-generated image used for representational purpose)
VARANASI: Three people were killed and six injured when a Swift Dzire car carrying nine people overturned after hitting a roadside tree on the border of Saraimir and Phulpur police station areas in Azamgarh district around 4.30am on Tuesday.
After taking stock of the incident site, Azamgarh’s CO Phulpur Kiran Pal Singh said nine people were travelling in the Punjab-numbered Swift car from Phulpur towards Saraimir. All of them had installed a Ganesh idol. Singh and Phulpur police reached the spot and, after an initial investigation, sent the bodies for postmortem.
All the injured were sent to hospital. As soon as information about the accident was received, chaos erupted among the family members.
In the accident, Satyam Modanwal (20), son of Ramvesh, and Nikhil Gupta (17), son of Rampher Gupta, died on the spot. Lucky Sonkar (19), son of Anil Sonkar, died during treatment at Phulpur hospital.