Varanasi: Four people were killed and four others injured when an apple-laden truck rammed into a stationary SUV carrying eight pilgrims in Mirzamurad area early Monday. The pilgrims were returning to Varanasi from Vindhyachal when the accident occurred around 6 am as some of them had stopped on a bridge to take selfies.ACP (Rajatalab) Veer Singh said the impact of the collision left the SUV badly mangled. Four occupants — Anand Yadav (25), Alok Mishra (30), Vidwanshu Yadav (30), all from Shivpur, and Pradeep Singh (36) of Cholapur — died on the spot.The injured were identified as Kishan Yadav (35), Sawan Yadav (26), Rajkumar Yadav (35) and Nikhil alias Golu (32). Mirzamurad police rushed them to the Trauma Centre at BHU, where Kishan also died, he said.During the initial investigation, police found that Kishan, a resident of Shivpur, had taken his relatives and friends to Vindhyachal in Mirzapur in his SUV to offer prayers. While returning home, they stopped on the Rupapur overbridge, under Mirzamurad police station to click selfies, when the accident occurred.Meanwhile, a speeding truck, coming from the Prayagraj side, rammed into the SUV from behind around 6 am.Police seized the truck, but the driver managed to flee the spot, while the cleaner was taken into custody.
