4 die, 2 injured in road accident

JHANSI: Four persons, including three women, died while two men were injured critically in a car accident here on Sunday. All victims were of two families related to each other and were from Jajmau, Kanpur and Unnao, returning after visiting a temple in Datia, MP.
The incident took place near Chirgaon when a tire of one of the cars they were travelling in burst and the vehicle was thrown off the track, landing on the other side of the road and crashing the divider as a truck coming from the opposite direction ran into it.Two persons died on the spot while two were declared brought dead at the Jhansi medical college, while other two injured critically are undergoing treatment.
The deceased have been identified as Kiran Mishra, 56, her mother Kusumlata Awasthi, 80, Nilam Tiwari, 54 and Suresh Tiwari, 46. Mukesh Tiwari and Rakesh Mishra were injured seriously. Mukesh, who had fallen asleep in the car, said he felt the car was dragging and by the time he could understand the situation, it was too late. Confirming the deaths, SP Rural Gopinath Soni said the bodies had been sent for postmortem and the injured were under treatment.