Three-member SIT Formed To Probe Accident
After reaching Lucknow airport at 8.30am, Rahul left for Sultanpur by road around 9am with a convoy comprising approximately 65 vehicles. Sources said that around 10.45am, Rahul stopped near mile marker 90 on the Purvanchal Expressway in Dehariyawa, where residents welcomed him. The accident occurred when the convoy came to an abrupt halt due to which the vehicles following the convoy crashed into one another.
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Lok Sabha LoP Rahul Gandhi receives a warm welcome from Congress leaders and workers upon his arrival at Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport, in Lucknow on Monday Lucknow: At least five vehicles and an ambulance travelling behind the convoy of Congress MP and the leader of the opposition Rahul Gandhi collided on Purvanchal Expressway in Sultanpur on Monday morning, leaving five people with minor injuries.