One killed, seven injured as SUV collides with tractor-trolley

Lucknow: One person was killed and seven others were injured after an SUV collided with a brick-laden tractor-trolley on Kisan Path during the early hours of Tuesday while the occupants were travelling from Mathura to Ayodhya for pilgrimage.

The accident occurred around 4:15 am near Dalauna railway overbridge in Mohanlalganj. According to police, the SUV hit the tractor-trolley with such force that the SUV got completely mangled and the driver got trapped inside the wreckage.

Police launched rescue operations along with fire brigade personnel. The injured occupants were pulled out of the damaged vehicle and shifted to the Trauma Centre of Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences.

Fire department personnel used specialised equipment and struggled for a considerable time to extricate the driver, Sandeep, from the crushed vehicle. He was taken to hospital in a critical condition, where doctors declared him dead.

The injured people were identified as Subhashish Mohanty, 16, Smitanjali Sahu, 35, Tilavera, Tida Subodha, Basant Das, Jayantiratha and Sai Ramrath. All are residents of Jagannath Puri in Odisha, police said.

According to police, all eight occupants of the SUV were travelling from Mathura to Ayodhya Ram Mandir for 'darshan' when the accident took place.

The collision temporarily disrupted traffic movement on Kisan Path. Police later used cranes to remove the damaged vehicles and restore normal traffic flow.