CURATED BY – CHANDAN KUMAR CHAUBEY | CITYCHIEFNEWS

Hardoi, A truck loaded with sand overturned on a family living in a hut on the roadside in Hardoi district of Uttar Pradesh this morning. Eight people died tragically in this accident. The deceased include two men, two women and four children. All are said to be from the same family. There was a lot of screaming after the accident. The bodies were taken out with the help of police and local people.

It is being told that the truck was going towards Hardoi after mining sand from the banks of the Ganga. Due to excess sand, the truck overturned at the turn. Due to which this accident happened.

After getting information about the incident, the police reached the spot and somehow took out the people buried under the truck with the help of JCB, but by then all eight people except a girl had died. There is chaos in the entire area after the accident. The incident took place at Toll No. 2 in Mallawan town.