5 Of Family Killed After 2 Cars, E-Rickshaw Collide In….

Uttar Pradesh: At least five people of the same family were killed and dozens were injured after a speeding car hit two other vehicles in Uttar Pradesh’s Barabanki on late Thursday night, police said. Three others, one of them a child, were left injured in the crash that took place around 10 pm, police told news agency PTI. The accident happened on Lucknow Mahmoodabad road in Inayatpur village, around 533 kms from the state capital Lucknow, when a car hit the e-rickshaw and then careened into a pond along the road. Moments later another car hit the same e-rickshaw, according to the police.The impact of the collision was such that one the cars flung into a nearby pond, locals said, adding that other vehicles passing on the road, ran over the victims. Upon receiving the information, authorities and police swung into action, reached the accident spot and started the relief and rescue work. The injured people, stated to be in critical condition, were sent to the district hospital for medical treatment. “A car collided with an e-rickshaw late night. When the police team reached the spot, a car which had fallen into a pond beside the road, was taken out and rescued people were immediately sent to the hospital. Police officials from Deva, Baddupur, Kursi, Fatehpur, Jahangirabad and Satrikh police stations are deployed at the hospital and at the spot, “Superintendent of Police Dinesh Kumar Singh