Latest News | Two Dead as Dumper Truck Hits Motorcycle in UP

Barabanki, Mar 10 (PTI) Two persons died when their motorcycle was hit by a dumper truck in Barabanki district of Uttar Pradesh, police said on Sunday.

The accident took place on the Lucknow-Gonda highway under the Ramnagar police station area on Saturday night.

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Deshraj (21) and Chandresh (30), residents of Kandhai Pur, were seriously injured after the dumper truck hit their motorcycle near Katiyara village. They were rushed to a hospital, where doctors declared them dead, said Station House Officer (SHO) Inspector Ratnesh Kumar Pandey.

The bodies have been sent for post-mortem examination, he said.

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Efforts are being made to arrest the truck driver, the SHO said.

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