Kanpur: Four people,including a 32-year-old man, a 30 year old woman, her four year old daughter and a 17-year-old teenager, were killed after a car and a motorcycle collided head-on and plunged into a water-filled roadside pit near Mahoi village in Jalaun district on Monday evening.
Nripendra Singh (32) and Parth (17), both residents of Naya Ram Nagar in Orai, and Manvi (4), daughter of Baruasagar resident Rahul Verma, died in the accident. Aarti Verma (30), Rahul’s wife, who was seriously injured, succumbed on Tuesday while she was being taken to Jhansi Medical College for treatment.The CO Madhogarh, the station in charge and the Bangra outpost in charge reached the scene with police personnel. Police launched a rescue operation and pulled the victims out of the water.
The accident occurred near a lift canal when the two vehicles collided, causing both to fall into the pit. Four people were travelling on the motorcycle. Police took both vehicles into custody and sent the bodies to the mortuary after informing the families.