12 killed as tanker plying on wrong side amid dense fog hits auto-rickshaw in Uttar Pradesh

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Updated At : 06:21 PM Jan 25, 2024 IST

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Shahjahanpur, January 25

Twelve people travelling in an auto-rickshaw died on Thursday morning in a head-on collision with a tanker plying on the wrong side of the road amid reduced visibility due to dense fog, police said here.

The accident occurred on the Bareilly-Farrukhabad road near Sugsugi village in the Allahaganj police station area, Superintendent of Police Ashok Kumar Meena said.

He said the tanker hit the auto-rickshaw coming from the Jalalabad side, killing all 12 on the spot. The deceased included women, elderly people and children, he added.

The SP said he was on his way to the spot with District Magistrate Umesh Pratap Singh.

The victims are yet to be identified, he said, adding that the bodies were being sent for post-mortem.

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