Prayagraj: Ten devotees from Korba district of Chhattisgarh going to Maha Kumbh were killed after the car they were travelling collided with a bus in the Meja area on the Prayagraj-Mirzapur highway in the intervening night of Friday and Saturday, police said.
"All the 10 people travelling in the Bolero died in the accident, while those in the bus suffered minor injuries," Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Vivek Chandra Yadav said. Police have admitted the injured to hospital. Prayagraj Police Commissioner Tarun Gauba and DM Ravindra Kumar Mandhad reached the spot. The car was destroyed in the accident.
The deceased include Somnath (28), Ishwari Prasad Jaiswal (56), Bhagirathi Jaiswal (43), Santosh Soni (55), Saurabh Soni, Ajay Banjare, Ganga Das Verma, Shiva Rajput (60), Deepak Verma and Raju Sahu. The bodies have been sent to the SRN Hospital in Prayagraj for autopsy, the DCP said.
10 people from the Korba district of Chhattisgarh were en route to take a bath in Maha Kumbh in a Bolero. According to police, the overspeeding car hit with bus carrying devotees from Rajgarh district of Madhya Pradesh at around 2 am Saturday.
All the people in the car were seriously injured. On receiving information, police reached the spot and took the passengers in the car stuck in the cabin out with the help of locals. The injured passengers of the car and bus were taken to the hospital. Doctors declared all 10 passengers in the car dead.
Rajesh Upadhyay, Station-in-charge of the Meja Police Station said that an investigation is underway into the incident.
In a separate incident, 19 Maha Kumbh devotees from Andhra Pradesh were injured when a bus collided with a truck on Friday night.
President Murmu Condoles Loss Of Lives
President Droupadi Murmu on Saturday condoled the loss of lives in a road accident in Uttar Pradesh's Prayagraj and prayed for the speedy recovery of those injured.
Ten people travelling in a Bolero car were killed in a head-on collision with a bus on a highway in the Meja police station area of Prayagraj late Friday night.
"The news of the death of many people in a road accident on Mirzapur Highway in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh is extremely sad. I express my condolences to the families of the deceased. I wish for the speedy recovery of all those injured," Murmu said in a post on X in Hindi
उत्तर प्रदेश के प्रयागराज में मिर्जापुर हाईवे पर हुई सड़क दुर्घटना में कई लोगों की मृत्यु का समाचार अत्यंत दुखद है। मृतकों के परिवारजनों के प्रति मैं शोक संवेदना व्यक्त करती हूं। मैं घायल हुए सभी लोगों के शीघ्र स्वस्थ होने की कामना करती हूं।
— President of India (@rashtrapatibhvn) February 15, 2025
CM Expresses Grief
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has expressed grief over the loss of lives in the accident.
In a post on X, the chief minister's office said, "UPCM @myogiadityanath has expressed deep condolences on the loss of lives in a road accident in Prayagraj district. He has expressed condolences to the bereaved families."
#UPCM @myogiadityanath ने जनपद प्रयागराज में सड़क हादसे में हुई जनहानि पर गहरा शोक व्यक्त किया है। उन्होंने मृतकों के शोक संतप्त परिजनों के प्रति संवेदना व्यक्त की है।
— CM Office, GoUP (@CMOfficeUP) February 15, 2025
मुख्यमंत्री जी ने घायलों को तत्काल अस्पताल पहुंचाकर जिला प्रशासन के अधिकारियों को उनके समुचित उपचार के निर्देश…
"The injured have been sent to the hospital and the chief minister has directed the district administration to provide them with proper treatment. He has also wished for the speedy recovery of the injured," it said.
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