LUCKNOW: Six members of a family, including three children, drowned when their car overturned and fell into a pond in UP’s Balrampur district on Thursday.
The accident occurred when the car driver hit a biker coming from the opposite direction in Shivanagar under Maharajganj Tarai police station.
The deceased were identified as Krishna Kumar, 39, his wife Snehlata, 36, their children Utkarsh, 12, and Nili, 14, niece Saumya, 18, and driver Shatrughan 50.
The biker, Musharaff, 30, was injured and admitted to Gonda district hospital.
Krishna Kumar was a physics teacher and would give free tuitions in his village.
SP, Balrampur, Hemant Kutiyal, said the family was going to Devipatan Shaktipeeth.
“The car overturned after hitting the bike and fell into a roadside pond,” said Kutiyal.
Traffic on the road was also disrupted for some time.
Police used a crane to fish out the car.
The victims were taken to the district hospital where all were declared brought dead.
A pall of gloom descended in Krishna’s native village — Poore Maniyaye in Tarabganj area of Gonda.