The pilgrims were returning to Varanasi from Vindhyachal when the accident occurred around 6 am as some of them had stopped on a bridge to take selfies. Varanasi: Four people were killed and four others injured when an apple-laden truck rammed into a stationary SUV carrying eight pilgrims in Mirzamurad area early Monday.
The injured were identified as Kishan Yadav (35), Sawan Yadav (26), Rajkumar Yadav (35) and Nikhil alias Golu (32).
Mirzamurad police rushed them to the Trauma Centre at BHU, where Kishan also died, he said. During the initial investigation, police found that Kishan, a resident of Shivpur, had taken his relatives and friends to Vindhyachal in Mirzapur in his SUV to offer prayers. they stopped on the Rupapur overbridge, under Mirzamurad police station to click selfies, when the accident occurred While returning home. Police seized the truck, but the driver managed to flee the spot, while the cleaner was taken into custody.