4 Dead, 6 Injured After Car Crashes Into Night Shelter In Lucknow

Lucknow: Four labourers were killed and six others injured after a car crashed into a night shelter in Lucknow early this morning. The car - a Hyundai i20 - crashed into the night shelter in central Lucknow's Dalibagh area.

The car was allegedly being driven at a high speed when the accident happened at around 2 am. Around 50 labourers were sleeping inside the night shelter. Of the six labourers who have been taken to the hospital, four are severely injured and are in the trauma centre. The four labourers who died were all daily wage earners from eastern Uttar Pradesh's Bahraich district.

"It was around 2 AM and suddenly this car came at a high speed and rammed into the night shelter. I saw three people inside. They were all drunk. Around 10 ambulances and the police came to the spot soon after," an eyewitness told news agency ANI.

Both occupants of the car tried to escape after the accident but were caught by those who stay in the night shelter and handed over to the police.

"4 people are dead and 4 are grievously injured. As per available information, two young men were in the car. We are checking about the reported presence of a third person in the car. We have arrested the two accused and they have also been identified. They both were drunk at the time of the incident. We are interrogating them and will share more details later," said senior police officer Manzil Saini.

One of the occupants of the car is the son of a former lawmaker, while the other the son of a businessman.