UP CM Yogi Adityanath expresses grief over Kushinagar road accident
Six people died and two others were critically injured after a van collided with a truck in Kushinagar district.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath expressed distress on Monday regarding a road accident in Kushinagar that left six people dead. According to The Hawk, the accident occurred late at night near Tharuadih village under Hata Kotwali when a van collided with a truck.
The van was carrying eight people returning from a ceremony at a relative's home in Kaptanganj. Five of the deceased were members of the same family, officials said.
Chief Minister Adityanath's office stated on X that the Chief Minister offered condolences to the grieving families. He instructed district officials to provide necessary help to the families of the deceased and to make sure the injured receive adequate medical care.
Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) Siddharth Verma told IANS that the van was travelling from Hata to Kaptanganj when it hit a truck coming from Ahirauli towards Hata. The two injured individuals were moved to BRD Medical College in Gorakhpur for treatment.
Police have sent the bodies of the deceased for post-mortem examinations. ASP Verma said that legal proceedings are underway and an investigation has been started to find the cause of the crash.