Six friends die in car accident while travelling to Haridwar in Uttar Pradesh

Six friends have lost their lives in a horrific car accident in Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh. According to a report by Amar Ujala, all these youths were residents of Haryana's Hisar district and had set out for Haridwar on Sunday after celebrating Diwali. While their car was passing through Muzaffarnagar at high speed, the driver dozed off, causing the car to lose control and mount the flyover divider.

According to the report, after mounting the divider, the car collided violently with a pole and subsequently flipped over to the other side. Following this terrible collision, there was a loud explosion in the car and it immediately caught fire. All six friends in the car, including two biological brothers, were burnt alive and died at the scene.

Discussing the primary reasons behind this mishap, the report stated that all the friends had remained awake continuously. The driver, Sahil, was driving without rest, which led to him falling asleep and causing the accident. Additionally, the high speed of the car is also being considered a significant factor. Although there were no speedometers installed on the bypass where the incident occurred, it can be inferred from the way the car flipped to the other side that its speed would have been approximately 90 to 100 km per hour.

There was a turn at the spot, but due to the high speed of the car, the driver could not navigate the turn properly. Because of the speed, there was no opportunity to control the car and it collided directly with the divider.

Following this accident on the Panipat-Khatima highway, relief and rescue operations began at 5:10 am and continued until 9:00 pm. Fire department personnel first extinguished the fire in the car. Subsequently, the car was righted, but extracting the bodies was very difficult. The bodies were removed by breaking the front and rear windows and clearing the debris from the roof. This process took a considerable amount of time for the police and fire brigade personnel.

Investigating officer Shubham Tyagi stated that two bodies were found from the front part of the car and four from the rear part. This tragic incident has spread a wave of grief in Haryana's Hisar district, where the group of friends had set out on a religious pilgrimage after the Diwali festivities.