Agra: Six persons, including three women,
died and five others were injured after an overloaded truck
overturned and fell on two cars near Khander on Bah-Etawah
road in the district today, police said.
The injured have been shifted to the emergency ward of SN
Medical College, they said, adding that two of the injured
were in critical condition.
"The deceased includes two women and four men," a police
official said.
Eye witnesses told the police that the driver of
overloaded truck lost balance due to dense fog and then fell
over two cars.
"One car was overtaking the overloaded truck while
another rammed it from the back. A large number of villagers
gathered and managed to extricate the bodies," a bystander
told the police.
According to police, passengers in one car were going to
attend engagement ceremony of a girl and the other car was
headed towards Muzaffarnagar.
A case has been registered and police is investigating
the matter for further details, the official added.
PTI
