6 dead after truck mows down Kanwar devotees in UP’s Hathras
UTTARPRADESH,JULY 23:Six Kanwar devotees were dead and one seriously injured after a speeding truck mowed down a group of Kanwar Yatris in Uttar Pradesh’s Hathras district on Saturday near Badhar village on Hathras Agra road.
The Kanwar Yatris belonged to Madhya Pradesh’s Gwalior.
The incident happened at Sadabad PS in Hathras on NH-93 around 2.15 am on Saturday.
Bodies of the Kanwar devotees have been sent for post-mortem. The injured has been referred to Agra Medical College.
The group of Kanwar Yatris were going back to Gwalior from Haridwar.
ADG of Agra Zone, Rajeev Krishna, said, “5 dead, 1 seriously injured after seven Kanwar devotees were mowed down by a truck around 2.15 am today, at Sadabad PS in Hathras. They were en route to Gwalior from Haridwar with their Kanwars.”
Police has registered a case and a probe is underway.
“Probe is underway in the incident. We have received info about the driver, he will be nabbed soon,” said Rajeev Krishna.
-The India Today
