UP Accident- CM orders inquiry, PM announces ex gratia to the families

New Delhi, June 9

17 people were killed and six injured in a road accident on the Kanpur-Allahabad highway in the Sachendi area of this Uttar Pradesh.

The Kanpur police stated that accident occurred in the Kisan Nagar area when a speeding bus hit a loader, which fell on the other side of the highway, while the bus also overturned and fell into a ditch.

Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has announced an ex-gratia amount of Rs 2 lakh each to the next of kin of the deceased and ordered an inquiry into the incident.

The police added that the collision was so strong that almost all passengers of both the vehicles got trapped and some of them died on the spot.

A heavy police force, comprising personnel from half-a-dozen police stations, was dispatched to the site of the accident.

The policemen extricated the passengers and found that many of them were already dead.

The CM also ordered a police inquiry into the accident to be submitted at the earliest. 

Expressing condolences over the road accident in Uttar Pradesh's Kanpur, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had announced an ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakh each from the Prime Minister's National Relief Fund (PMNRF) for the next of kin of those who have lost their lives in the tragedy.

"The road accident in Kanpur is tragic. Many people have lost their lives in this accident. I express my condolences to their families, and wish the injured a speedy recovery," said PM Modi, as quoted by the Prime Minister's Office.

PM Narendra Modi has announced an ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakh each from the PMNRF (Prime Minister's National Relief Fund) for the next of kin of those who have lost their lives due to a tragic accident in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh. Rs 50,000 would be provided to those injured," the PMO tweeted