Lucknow : Seven members of a family, including women and a 10-year-old girl, were seriously injured after their car collided with a gas tanker in Barabanki district on Saturday morning. The family was travelling from Lucknow to Gonda to celebrate Diwali when the accident occurred.
The accident took place around 8 am in Nayagaon on the Gonda-Bahraich National Highway, under the jurisdiction of Masoli police station. The victims were identified as Sujeet Verma , his son Hardik Verma, his wife Kanchan Lata, Ranjana Verma, his daughter Mansa Verma, Shakuntala Devi, wife of Gaya Prasad, and Sujeet’s 10-year-old daughter Sona. The collision was reportedly so severe that the front portion of the car was extensively damaged, leaving several occupants trapped inside the mangled vehicle. Locals rushed to the spot and helped rescue the injured from the damaged car. The accident also disrupted traffic on the Gonda-Bahraich National Highway, resulting in a long queue of vehicles. Police personnel subsequently arranged for the damaged vehicles to be removed from the road and took steps to restore normal traffic movement.