A multi-vehicle collision on the Lucknow-Varanasi highway in Uttar Pradesh’s Amethi district on Tuesday, December 23, left two people dead and at least
16 others injured. Station House Officer Vivek Singh told news agency PTI that the accident occurred near the Amethi-Sultanpur turn when a truck hit the roadside railing due to poor visibility caused by fog. He said three other trucks, a car and a bus coming from behind subsequently rammed into each other, leading to a pile-up of multiple vehicles. The incident took place near an under-bridge in the Musafirkhana police station area. The accident resulted in extensive damage to several vehicles, which were seen mangled at the crash site. Rescue and relief operations are underway. Singh said two people died on the spot while 16 passengers were injured in the accident. Relief and rescue operations were underway, and efforts were being made to ascertain the identities of the victims, he added.
Trucks Crash Into Divider Near Moradabad
Earlier today, dense fog led to a road accident on the Delhi-Lucknow highway near Katghar in Uttar Pradesh’s Moradabad on Tuesday. Two trucks crashed into a divider due to poor visibility. One person sustained injuries in the incident and was rushed to a nearby hospital for treatment.
This comes around a week after multiple vehicles collided in Mathura on the Delhi-Agra Expressway, triggering a massive fire. A collision involving three cars led to a pile-up of seven buses at Milestone 127 in Mathura, Uttar Pradesh, during the early hours on December 16. At least 13 people were killed, and 35 others were injured in the incident.
"The accident took place at Milestone 127 on the Agra-Noida lane of the expressway. There was a collision of three cars, after which seven buses collided with them, of which 1 is a roadway bus, and the other six are sleeper buses... All the buses had caught fire," Suresh Chandra Rawat, SP Mathura Rural, told news agency ANI. The reason for the crash was "low visibility," according to SSP Mathura, Shlok Kumar.
Dense Fog Likely Across North in Next Few Days
Most regions across northern India experienced severe cold conditions on Monday, though minimum temperatures hovered slightly above normal, and cold conditions, accompanied with dense fog, is likely to persist across north in the next few days.
Fog disrupted visibility in Delhi, albeit for a brief stretch, and parts of Uttar Pradesh and Punjab, with the India Meteorological Department (IMD) predicting dense to very dense fog conditions across the northern states until December 27.
Furthermore, dense fog is likely to persist in isolated areas of the western Himalayan region from December 22 to 27; over Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, and Delhi and Uttar Pradesh from December 22 to 29; and over Bihar and Odisha from December 22 to 27.
