Uttar Pradesh: Four Killed, Five Injured As Car Crashes Into House In Pratapgarh

Pratapgarh: Four people were killed and five others injured after a car rammed into a house near Baburaha turn on the Ayodhya-Prayagraj highway in Rajgarh village here, police said.

Deputy Superintendent of Police (City) Shiv Narayan Baish stated that the accident occurred around 2:30 am when a car went out of control and crashed into a house, injuring nine people, including the occupants of the vehicle and the house's residents.

All of them were admitted to the hospital, where four -- Raju Singh (25) of Chainpur Madhaura, Bihar; Abhishek Kumar Singh (24) of Chhapra, Bihar; Saurabh (26) of Raigarh, Jharkhand; and the driver, Abhishek Ojha (30) -- succumbed to their injuries.

Police said the seven car occupants were returning from the Kumbh Mela and were en route to Ayodhya for a pilgrimage.

The bodies have been sent for post-mortem and further investigation is underway, police said.

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