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Kanpur: Two people were killed and two others seriously injured after a speeding car hit a divider and overturned in Kanpur’s Bilhaur area near kilometre 216 of the Agra-Lucknow Expressway around 4:30 am, police said. Doctors declared driver Munendra alias Munna (50) and Tagori Baladas (56) dead. Sona (18) and Karishma (20) were referred to Lucknow after primary treatment.
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Police said the driver apparently fell asleep at the wheel. The accident took place near the Isan river bridge while the group was travelling from Rewari, Rajasthan, to Ambedkar Nagar. UPEIDA security personnel and police pulled the occupants from the damaged car and took the injured to a community health centre. Another occupant, Ankit, escaped unhurt. Ankit, a resident of Khanpur Salempur in Ambedkar Nagar district, works in Rewari and was returning home in the rented car with his maternal aunt Karishma and her relatives. Munendra was a resident of Goyal Colony Maheshwari in Rewari district. Download the TOI App.