UP: 3 killed, one injured as motorcycles collide head-on in Etah
Etah (UP) (PTI): Three people were killed, and another was injured after their motorcycles collided head-on here, police said on Sunday.
The accident occurred on Saturday night near the Barai Kalyanpur turn in the Awagarh area, with eyewitnesses claiming that both the motorcycles were travelling at high speed.
Due to reduced visibility caused by dense fog, the drivers lost control near the turn, resulting in a head-on collision. The impact was so severe that all four riders fell on the road, police said.
Locals informed police about the accident, and upon receiving information, a police team reached the spot.
The injured were taken to the emergency ward of Veerangana Avantibai Medical College in Etah. Gyan Singh (45), Pradeep (30) and Gaurav (28) were declared dead by doctors, while Chhotu (35) was referred to a higher centre for treatment, Station House Officer (SHO), Awagarh, Akhilesh Dixit said.
The bodies have been sent for post-mortem examination, police said.
Preliminary investigations suggest that high speed and negligence were the causes of the accident, the SHO said, adding that a further probe is underway.
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Bengal polls: RG Kar victim's mother files nomination as BJP candidate from Panihati
Kolkata (PTI): Ratna Debnath, mother of the raped-murdered RG Kar hospital doctor and the BJP candidate from Panihati, filed her nomination papers on Thursday.
She was accompanied by senior BJP leader and former Union minister Smriti Irani and district party leaders.
Speaking to reporters after filing her nomination, she said her sole aim is to oust the TMC regime in West Bengal, which, she alleged, would ensure women's safety in the state and prevent a recurrence of incidents like the RG Kar case.
Nearly a year and a half after the brutal killing of her 26-year-old daughter inside a locked seminar room of the state-run hospital in August 2024, Debnath agreed to contest the polls on a BJP ticket from her hometown Panihati after being approached by the party "to bring to light the truth behind the crime".
She is pitted against TMC's Tirthankar Ghosh and CPI(M)'s Kalatan Dasgupta.
