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This is an archive article published on January 7, 2009
Seven die as jeep collides with truck
Seven persons,including five members of a family,died when a jeep collided with a truck in Sultanpur district on Tuesday.
Seven persons,including five members of a family,died when a jeep collided with a truck in Sultanpur district on Tuesday.
The accident took place in the wee hours at the Sultanpur-Varanasi National Highway (NH-56).
The victims,which included a seven-day-old boy,were identified as Mukhtar Ahmad (60),Rafiullah (65) Rabiya (45),Lado (25),driver Harinam (45) and his son Rahul (20). All were the residents of Rasoolabad village in Sultanpur district.
While the jeep was on its way to Varanasi,the truck was going to Faizabad from Jaunpur,said Santosh Kumar,Sultanpur Additional Superintendent of Police.
“The family was going to Varanasi for treatment of the baby. Rash driving by the jeep’s driver might have caused the accident,” he added. The bodies have been sent for postmorterm.
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