Four people were killed and two others injured in three separate road accidents across Uttarakhand’s Kumaon district on Friday, police said.
Authorities began searching for the drivers who allegedly fled the scene after two accidents.
In Udham Singh Nagar area, two unidentified men were killed after their motorcycle collided head-on with a car near Bidora-Majhola on Khatma-Sitarganj Road on Friday morning.
According to Nanakmata police inspector Sanjay Kumar, the collision occurred around 8.30 am when the car, which was heading towards Sitarganj, collided with a motorcycle coming from the opposite direction. The collision caused the two cars to catch fire.
Local residents informed the police and 108 Ambulance Service. The injured motorcyclists were taken to a government hospital in Sitarganj, where one of them was declared dead on arrival, while the other died during treatment.
“The deceased are suspected to be Nepalese nationals and efforts are being made to identify them. Their bodies have been sent for autopsy. We are also trying to identify and trace the occupants of the car who fled the spot after the accident,” Kumar said.
Fire crews extinguished the fire, while the two cars sustained severe damage.
In Nainital district, a 15-year-old boy was killed and another teenager injured after their motorcycle collided with a truck near Gourabadav petrol pump in Haldwani late on Thursday night.
Station House Officer (SHO) of Haldwani Police Station, Vijay Mehta, said that the police took the injured teenagers to Dr. Sushila Tiwari Government Hospital after local residents alerted them.
The deceased has been identified as Siddharth Singh, while Ayan Khan (15), also from Lalkuan, is undergoing treatment.
“Preliminary investigation revealed that the two teenagers were traveling from Lalkuan towards Haldwani when their motorcycle collided head-on with a trooper coming from the opposite direction near Gourabadav petrol pump. The impact was so severe that the motorcycle caught fire instantly,” Mehta said.
The canter was booked, and an FIR was registered after receiving a written complaint.
Separately, a 30-year-old motorcyclist was killed and his pillion passenger injured after a dumper truck collided with their motorcycle near Jaipua on the Ramnagar-Haldwani Expressway on Friday.
The deceased has been identified as Kamlesh Arya, a resident of Badampuri Dole, Jipua, while Basanti Thapa sustained injuries.
Ramnagar police station SHO Sushil Kumar said Arya was returning home from Bilbarao when Basanti Thapa, a resident of Kammula village, asked for a ride. He was taking her to Choi when a speeding dumper truck collided with their motorcycle near Jaipua.
“The body has been sent for postmortem and searches are on to trace the escaped truck driver,” Kumar said.
Police said investigations are underway into all three incidents to ascertain the exact causes and initiate legal action against those responsible.
