On Sunday morning, an ambulance carrying the mortal remains of Army Subedar Satyavan Fauji collided with a truck on the Purvanchal Expressway in Sultanpur, Uttar Pradesh, killing four people. The crash occurred at about 8:30 a.m.
The vehicle was transporting the soldier’s body from Lucknow to Ghazipur. The four occupants—driver Jaspal, Rajan Singh, Gaurav Singh, and Ram Samajh—were killed in the collision.
Police and local administration officials arrived at the scene shortly after the incident was reported. An investigation is underway to determine the cause of the crash.
The accident comes days after a bus collided head‑on with a trailer on the Gorakhpur Link Expressway, also claiming four lives and injuring three others. That incident occurred at about 5:30 a.m. near kilometre 85 of the expressway.
Local villagers assisted the rescue operation, and the injured passengers were taken to the Community Health Centre in Nagpur for treatment.
