Shahjahanpur, May 7 -- In a tragic accident late on Monday night, six people lost their lives in a head-on collision between a motorcycle and a car near Kawilpur village in the Midnapur area of Shahjahanpur district, police said.
According to Superintendent of Police Rajesh Dwivedi, the collision occurred on the Bareilly-Etawah road with such intensity that the motorcycle's fuel tank exploded and caught fire. The two occupants of the car - Sudhir (40) and Sonu (18), both residents of Bareilly - died on the spot.
The four motorcycle riders, identified as Ravi (20), Akash (20), Dinesh (19) and Abhishek (19), sustained critical injuries and were rushed to a nearby hospital, where they later succumbed to their injuries. All four were resident...