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Wrong-Way Truck Kills Two in Varanasi Crash
26 Sep
Summary
- A speeding truck killed a 60-year-old and a 16-year-old.
- The truck was allegedly traveling on the wrong side of the road.
- Police are reviewing CCTV footage to identify the fleeing truck driver.
Two separate fatal accidents have occurred recently in Uttar Pradesh, India, resulting in the deaths of four individuals. In Lohta, Varanasi, an elderly man, Chedi (60), and a teenager, Rashid Jamal (16), were killed when a speeding truck allegedly drove on the wrong side of the Chandpur-Akelwan road and struck them on Saturday. The truck driver fled the scene with the vehicle.
Local residents and the victims' families gathered at the accident site, demanding the swift arrest of the truck driver and stringent action. Lohta police responded, sent the bodies for postmortem, and are actively scanning CCTV footage from nearby areas to identify and locate the truck and its driver.
Separately, in Mau, a tragic collision on the Doharighat-Azamgarh road on Friday evening claimed the lives of Ayush Chauhan (30) and his five-year-old nephew, Kunal Chauhan. Their motorcycle reportedly lost control at high speed and rammed into a stationary truck. Despite being rushed to the hospital, both succumbed to their injuries.
Doharighat police stated that the family has not filed a complaint, and the bodies were released after preliminary legal procedures. Ayush had been returning home with Kunal from Nai Bazaar when the accident occurred.
