Jaunpur (UP), Feb 8 (PTI) A sub-inspector of Uttar Pradesh Police crashed his car into a tree Saturday morning and died on the spot here at Tekari Mor near Samadganj, a police official said.

The policeman was on his way from Jaunpur to Pratapgarh with another passenger when the accident happened in the Sikrara police station area. The co-passenger, too, received serious injuries, the official said.

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Superintendent of Police (Rural) Shailendra Kumar Singh said that Sheshnath Yadav (35), a native of Ghazipur district, was posted as sub-inspector in 2016. Currently, he was posted in Dehat police station of Pratapgarh district.

At 5 am on Saturday, the SI was going from Jaunpur to Pratapgarh in his car, the SP said.

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Near Tekari Mor of Sikrara police station area, he may have drifted off and his car rammed into a tree, the officer said.

The sub-inspector and Shivam Singh (28), a resident of Pratapgarh, who was sitting with him, were badly injured.

Police reached the spot and took both of them to Machhlishahr Community Health Centre where doctors declared the sub-inspector dead. The injured was sent to Prayagraj for further treatment.

Hearing about the accident, many police personnel, including a police officer from Raniganj, reached Sikrara police station.

The family of the sub-inspector was informed and the body was sent for post-mortem, police said.

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