3 of family killed in road mishap in UP
Press Trust of India Bijnor (UP) Three of a family, including a woman, were today killed and another woman injured when a truck hit the car they were travelling in on Delhi-Pauri national highway 119 here, police said.
The incident occurred this evening when the family was on its way to Mirapur to Najibabad, they said.
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Meanwhile, Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav announced an ex-gratia of Rs.5 lakh each for the kin of the deceased and suspended engineers concerned for "failing to maintian the upkeep of the bridge as the jeep fell into the river because of broken railing".
He also ordered lodging of an FIR against them (engineers concerned), an official release issued here said.