Five doctors dead as Scorpio crashes into a divider and crashes into a truck on Agra highway

Five doctors were killed and one person seriously injured in a road accident on the Lucknow-Agra Expressway in Kannauj district of Uttar Pradesh early Wednesday (November 27).

According to police, the accident took place around 3 am when a speeding Scorpio SUV, on its way from Lucknow to Agra, lost control and crashed into a divider. The car then veered into the opposite lane and was hit by an oncoming truck.

Superintendent of Police Amit Kumar Anand confirmed that all five victims died on the spot. The sole survivor, identified as Jaiveer Singh (39), a postgraduate student at Saifai Medical College, was rushed to Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar Medical College in Tirwa and undergoes treatment.

The victims were identified as Dr Anirudh Verma (29) from Agra, Dr Santosh Kumar Maurya (46) from Bhadohi, Dr Arun Kumar (34) from Kannauj, Dr Nardev (35) from Bareilly and Rakesh Kumar (38) .

The group, affiliated with the Uttar Pradesh University of Medical Sciences in Saifai, was returning from a wedding in Lucknow when the accident occurred.

Circle Officer Dr. Priyanka Bajpai said the bodies have been sent for post-mortem and an investigation into the accident is underway.

With inputs from Neeraj and PTI

Published by:

Manisha Pandey

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November 27, 2024