Accident triggers 10-hour jam on Lucknow-Kanpur highway

KANPUR: Traffic at the busy Lucknow-Kanpur national highway used to be critically hit for over 10 hours after a dumper coming from Lucknow collided head on with a gravel-laden truck close to Dahi Chowki house of Unnao late Sunday night and the cars involved in the mishap remained unattended. Commuters had a harrowing time driving in and out of Lucknow and Kanpur and the traffic used to be finally restored on Monday afternoon.

“Traffic and civil police officials reached the spot with the measures at around 1 am,” said SP Unnao Harish Kumar. “The jam worsened as many heavy-vehicle drivers tried to overhaul each and every other to get out of the jam,” he added. He said the situation advanced through Monday afternoon. “But even then, traffic at the stretch used to be crawling,” he added.

Police said the mishap left one person dead and two others injured. The deceased has been recognized as driving force of the dumper, Kalluram (23), a local of Rajasthan.“The truck driving force and his attendant, who too suffered accidents, had been recognized as Ram Milan (40) and Rahul (28), both natives of Bahraich. They had been admitted to the district hospital in a crucial situation,” added police.