6 killed as truck overturns in Kanpur Dehat

Kanpur:At least six persons including three children were killed and 16 others injured when a coal-laden truck carrying them overturned in Maukhas village under the limits of Bhognipur Kotwali police station in Kanpur Dehat district on Monday night.
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has expressed grief and offered condolences and directed district authorities to provide proper medical aid to the injured.
The victims, mostly labourers of Hamirpur, were going to work in potato farms in Sirsaganj area of Firozabad in the truck when the mishap took place.
The police identified the deceased as Ramesh (41), Pinki (45), Chandawati (14) of Barnav area of Ghatampur area of Kanpur and Radha (42), Komal (8) and Suraj (4), of Hamirpur district.
Of the 16 injured, eight were shifted to district hospital as their condition was described as critical. Eight others are recuperating at a Community Health Centre in Pukhrayan. Reports said the incident took place when the driver of the truck apparently lost control over the vehicle and it overturned near Maukhas village on the Kanpur Dehat- Etawah road under the limits of Bhognipur Kotwali police station.