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Delhi couple, 2 kids killed in accident on Lucknow-Agra Expressway        

The deceased, residents of Delhi’s Uttam Nagar, were returning home after taking holy dip at Maha Kumbh in Prayagraj
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A Delhi couple and their two children were killed in a road accident on the Lucknow-Agra Expressway in the Fatehabad area, police said on Monday.

The deceased, residents of Delhi’s Uttam Nagar, were returning home after taking a holy dip at the Maha Kumbh in Prayagraj.

The incident occurred at around 12.30 am on Monday, police said.

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Omprakash Singh, 42, was at the wheel when he lost control of the car. The vehicle jumped the road divider and crashed into a truck coming from the opposite side of the expressway, they added.

Singh, his wife Purnima, 34, their daughter Ahana, 12, and four-year-old son Vinayak died on the spot, Assistant Commissioner of Police Amar Deep said.

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The bodies have been sent for post-mortem, and the family has been informed, he added.

“Preliminary investigation suggests that the driver might have dozed off leading to the accident,” the officer said.

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