2 killed, two hurt in road accident due to drunk driving
Kanpur: Two people died when their two-wheeler was hit by a van near Kunwarpur village in the Shivrajpur area of the district on Friday afternoon. Two people in the van also injured in the accident
Upon receiving the information, police arrived at the scene and took the bodies into custody for investigation.
The two men were not wearing helmets.
Bhupendra Yadav, a resident of Kunwarpura Kukri in Shivrajpur, was coming to Shivrajpur town on a bike with Mahendra from Biramau village on Friday afternoon. Near Kunwarpura village, a speeding van coming from the opposite direction collided with the bike and fell into a ditch.
Bhupendra, 28, was critically injured and died on the spot, while 26-year-old Mahendra, who was also seriously injured, was taken to the Community Health Centre in the town, where he passed away before treatment could begin.
Ramakant and Pintu, who were in the van, were injured in the accident.
The cause of the accident is reported to be the van driver being intoxicated. The police detained the van driver and initiated legal proceedings.
Inspector-in-charge Aman Singh said that both young men on the bike died in the accident, and neither was wearing a helmet. "Additionally, the car driver was driving the vehicle with high speed, " he added.
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