Jagran correspondent, Kopaganj/Puraghat (Mau). Due to severe fog, vehicles went out of control on the Varanasi-Gorakhpur four lane. Two drivers died in a road accident within six hours. There is an atmosphere of mourning among the relatives after the incident.
45-year-old Bhunesh Gupta, resident of Gopalpur in Gopalganj district of Bihar, was going to Varanasi with luggage on a trailer on Tuesday night. He had just reached the under-construction Sehroj Overbridge at Kopaganj at 12 o'clock on Tuesday night when the trailer moving ahead suddenly hit the brakes after seeing the breaker. Due to this, the trailer driver driving behind lost control and hit him hard from behind. Due to this, the rear trailer rammed into the moving trailer. Due to this, driver Bhunesh Gupta died on the spot due to suffocation. On information from nearby people, police reached the spot and took out the body from the trailer.
Near Bakhtavarpul located in Sehroj, an uncontrolled trailer hit a tractor trolley carrying cement from Mau to Kopaganj from behind. Due to this, the tractor driver died on the spot and the tractor overturned in a ditch. Seeing the opportunity, the trailer driver parked the vehicle and ran away.
On Wednesday morning, 55-year-old Babban Yadav, resident of Salahabad, Mau, was coming towards Kopaganj after loading cement on a tractor trolley at 5.30 am on Wednesday. He had just reached near the Bakhtawarganj bridge at Sehroj when he hit the trailer tractor coming from behind at uncontrolled speed.
In this the tractor driver jumped and fell away. After this the tractor trolley fell into the ditch. By the time the people nearby reached the spot, the trailer driver left the trailer and ran away. The trailer broke the railing on the side of the four lane and hung on the side. After the incident people informed the police. When the police reached the spot, the tractor driver was badly buried under the tractor. The police took out the body after much effort.