Sultanpur (Uttar Pradesh): Five persons died and three sustained severe injuries as a truck hit an e-rickshaw on the Ayodhya-Prayagraj road in Sultanpur district of Uttar Pradesh on Friday morning, the police said. The injured were referred to Lucknow for treatment.
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According to reports, the accident occurred around 10 am when a truck coming from Prayagraj rammed into the e-rickshaw that was going towards Anrod village area in Kotwali Dehat with eight passengers. Superintendent of police Somen Barma said that on hearing a huge explosion-like sound, locals rushed to the spot and helped the police to take out the bodies from the e-rickshaw which turned into scrape. On getting information, the police rushed to the site of the accident and used a gas cutter to pull out five bodies from the mangled vehicle.