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Speeding Truck Kills Four in Uttar Pradesh Home, Driver Fleeing
✍️ TOI City
🗓 27 Jul 2026, 03:09 PM
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A speeding truck veered off the highway and crashed into a house in Sant Kabir Nagar, Uttar Pradesh, killing two children and their grandparents. The driver and a helper fled the scene.
On an early morning in Sant Kabir Nagar, a truck traveling at high speed left the highway and struck a residential house, killing four people—two children and their grandparents—who were outside at the time.
The truck’s driver and a helper immediately fled the scene, prompting police to cordon off the area and launch a search for the vehicle and its occupants.
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath expressed deep sorrow over the tragedy and ordered the state government to provide medical and financial assistance to the bereaved families. The incident has sparked calls for stricter enforcement of speed limits on rural highways.
Investigators are examining whether the truck was overloaded or if mechanical failure contributed to the loss of control, treating the case as a potential criminal offence due to the driver’s escape.
The truck’s driver and a helper immediately fled the scene, prompting police to cordon off the area and launch a search for the vehicle and its occupants.
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath expressed deep sorrow over the tragedy and ordered the state government to provide medical and financial assistance to the bereaved families. The incident has sparked calls for stricter enforcement of speed limits on rural highways.
Investigators are examining whether the truck was overloaded or if mechanical failure contributed to the loss of control, treating the case as a potential criminal offence due to the driver’s escape.