Siddharthnagar: Dumper driver killed in fatal road accident

A fatal road accident occurred on the Sanai-Pakri road in the Siddharthnagar district of Uttar Pradesh during the early hours of Sunday, August 23. A dumper truck carrying gravel for local road construction construction lost control and overturned approximately one kilometer from Sanai.

The driver, identified as 48-year-old Harishankar, a resident of Sardar Patel Nagar Ward in Uska Bazar, died at the scene after being trapped under the vehicle's debris. Because the accident happened around 3:00 AM when the road was deserted, the incident was not discovered until local villagers found the overturned vehicle in the morning.

Local police arrived at the scene following the discovery and identified the deceased using an Aadhaar card found in his pocket. Authorities have sent the body to the district hospital for a post-mortem examination and are investigating the cause of the accident.