3 Delhi residents killed, 4 injured after car hits parked canter on UP’s Rampur road

Three residents of Delhi were killed and four others sustained serious injuries when their car collided with a parked canter truck on the roadside in Uttar Pradesh's Rampur district. The group was on their way to Corbett National Park early Saturday morning, police reported.

A police officer familiar with the incident stated that a total of 12 employees from a private company, all from Delhi, were undertaking the trip to Corbett National Park as a reward for meeting a set target. They departed from Delhi in two cars, with seven people in one vehicle and five in the other.

The deceased have been identified as Abhishek Agnihotri, 28, Kartik, 32, and Neeraj, 31. The injured, Kamal, Shamsuddin, Vishal, and Jatin, were initially taken to a community health center before being referred to the district hospital in Rampur for further treatment.

According to a colleague named Akhilesh, the car involved in the accident had experienced a tire puncture about one kilometer before the crash site. The occupants had exited the vehicle, changed the tire, and then resumed their journey. Akhilesh mentioned that he had switched to the other car during this stop.

After the two cars continued their travel, Akhilesh's vehicle moved ahead. When the second car failed to keep pace, Akhilesh and his colleagues attempted to contact its occupants by phone. They then learned that the car had crashed into a canter parked on the main road near Kotwali. The impact of the collision severely mangled the car, and locals assisted in extricating the trapped occupants. Doctors at the community health center pronounced Abhishek Agnihotri, Kartik, and Neeraj dead upon arrival.