Three killed, dozen injured as fog blinds UP highways

Fog and poor visibility continued to wreck havoc on roads and highways of Uttar Pradesh for the fourth consecutive day on Monday leaving three dead and more than a dozen injured in two separate accidents across the state.

According to police, three persons, including two brothers, were killed in Billari in Moradabad when a speeding truck mowed down a bike.

The three, who died on the spot, have been identified as Satyendra Singh, Lal Singh and Rakesh Yadav.

In another incident, also due to fog and poor visibility, a state transport bus going from Lucknow to Mathura lost control and rammed into a truck standing on the road side near Karampur village in Auriyya district.

A dozen persons were injured. The injured were taken to a nearby community health centre where the condition of one is stated to be serious, while the others were discharged after first aid.

Vehicular traffic has been hit in a big way in most places, specially the city outskirts, national and state highways and also the roads leading to villages, while more than a dozen people have been killed in the past few days in road accidents because of fog and poor visibility.

--IANS

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