Lucknow: Two women were killed and seven others, including a seven-year-old boy, were injured after an SUV met with an accident following a tyre burst near the Lodhmau-Raitha underpass on Kisan Path in Lucknow on Monday evening, police said.
The deceased were identified as Meera Devi (35), wife of Pramod, and Ram Kunwara Devi (65), wife of Sundarlal. The injured were identified as Pintoo (38), Sapna (37), Neeraj Kumari (45), Nanha Devi (65), Prabhavati (55), Sandeep (35), and Aryan (7). The injured were evacuated in ambulances and UP-112 emergency response vehicles and taken to hospitals.
Both died in the accident, police said. All are residents of Paschim Tola under Nigohan police station limits. Personnel from Sairpur police station, the Critical Team and the Polygain Bouramau team reached the spot and began rescue operations. Five of the seven injured were referred to the Trauma Centre at King George’s Medical University for advanced treatment, while the remaining injured were also receiving medical care.