5 of family killed in Basti road accident

Gorakhpur: Five members of a family died in a road accident in Basti when their car rammed into a container truck on Thursday. Two others including a 13-year-old girl and driver were injured in the accident. The driver was undergoing treatment in the hospital, police said. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath expressed grief over the incident and gave instructions to provide best treatment and help to the injured.
The incident occurred around 5.30 am at Puraina crossing near Katya village in Basti, when the driver lost control and rammed into a container truck from behind.The car was carrying 7 people among which Abdul Aziz, his wife Nargis Tabassum, daughters Aiman, Sidra and Tuba died on the spot. Police took out their bodies from the vehicle after using gas cutter, CO Kalwari, Alok Prasad said.
13-years-old girl Anam told police about the accident. The driver of the car, Abhishek, was undergoing treatment in hospital. Police sent the bodies for postmortem.
Abdul Aziz a property dealer was living in Lucknow from last 20 years and was going to Jharkhand to attend the funeral of his mother-in-law.