India News | Man, Wife Killed in Road Accident in UP's Jaunpur

Jaunpur (UP), Oct 30 (PTI) A 54-year-old man and his wife were killed in a road accident in this Uttar Pradesh district on Wednesday, police said.

Inspector in-charge of Kotwali Mithilesh Mishra said Shriprakash Singh, a resident of Birbhanpur in the Baksha police station area, had come to Jaunpur with his wife, Neerja Singh (50), to visit her mother.

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They were on their way home to Birbhanpur when, at the Polytechnic four-point crossing, a truck (registration number UP 50-BT 2283) travelling from Lucknow towards Varanasi hit their motorcycle, the officer said.

The woman died on the spot while the man succumbed to his injuries at a hospital, he added.

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Police have informed the family and sent the bodies for post-mortem.

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