Varanasi : A six-year-old girl and her uncle died in a road accident in Ghazipur district after a monkey suddenly jumped from a tree onto the helmet of the man riding the motorcycle on Wednesday.
The motorcycle went out of control and overturned after the monkey landed on the helmet of Kamlesh Kumar (40).
Bhanwarkol police station in-charge Rajeev Pandey said Vimlesh Ram, a resident of Bharauli village under Narhi police station in Ballia district, filed a complaint. His elder brother Kamlesh Kumar had taken his six-year-old daughter Samiksha to a relative’s house in Veerpur, according to the complaint. Police said both bodies have been sent for post-mortem examination.
The incident took place in front of Mirzabad Mania village under the Bhanwarkol police station area on the Ghazipur-Bharauli road. Moments later, a car coming from behind ran over the child Samiksha , killing her on the spot. Kamlesh Kumar, who was seriously injured in the accident, was taken to the Mohammadabad Community Health Centre by villagers. He died during treatment about two hours later. They were returning home on the motorcycle when the accident occurred near Mirzabad Mania village. On the basis of Vimlesh Ram’s complaint, an FIR has been registered against the unidentified car driver and further action is underway.