Five people were killed and one was seriously injured when their car rammed into the side of a bridge, overturned, and burst into flames near Janipur village on the Jahangirabad-Bulandshahr route in Bulandshahr district of Uttar Pradesh in the early hours of Wednesday, June 18.
According to Tejveer Singh, Superintendent of Police (Rural), Bulandshahr, the incident occurred at around 5:50 am when the Jahangirabad Police received information about the crash under their jurisdiction. "At 5.50 am today, information was received at Jahangirabad Police that a car met with an accident near Janipur village on Jahangirabad-Bulandshahr route under the Police Station area," said Singh.
Police and Fire Brigade teams rushed to the scene and began a rescue operation, but five of the six occupants were declared dead at the site. The only survivor, identified as Gulnaz, was immediately transported to a hospital for treatment.
"Initial investigation reveals that these six were returning to Malviya Nagar in Delhi after attending a wedding in Budaun. The driver suddenly felt sleepy in the morning, the vehicle lost balance, rammed into the sides of a bridge, overturned and burst into flames," said SP Tejveer Singh.