PWD officer’s car crushed three farmers, all three died

Kanpur (IANS) | Three farmers died after they were allegedly hit by a car belonging to a Public Works Department (PWD) official in Kanpur’s Bilhaur town. Police said the three elderly farmers, all residents of Bilhaur, were standing on the side of the Lucknow-Etawah road on Monday evening when the car ran over them, killing them on the spot.

The deceased farmers have been identified as Surendra Singh (62), Ahibaran Singh (63) and Ghasite Yadav (65).

The accused driver Ajit Kumar Pandey has been arrested.

Preliminary investigation has revealed negligence on the part of Pandey, who was in an inebriated condition while driving the car.

The car is registered in the name of a junior engineer of the Public Works Department, Ayodhya, but was being driven by Pandey at the time of the incident.

SHO (Bilhaur) Surendra Singh said that preliminary investigation has revealed that Pandey was driving under the influence of alcohol.

Pandey was going to Ayodhya after dropping the family of a junior engineer at Sikandra in Kanpur Dehat when he lost control of the vehicle.

“We suspect that Pandey was driving rashly and negligently when the accident happened,” the SHO said.

–IANS