5 teenagers drown while swimming in river at Lakhimpur Kheri

  • | Thursday | 25th May, 2017

Shahjahanpur: In a tragic incident, 5 teenagers from Gokulpuri colony of Lakhimpur drowned in Ull river on Wednesday morning. Circle officer Hariram Verma, superintendent of police S Chanappa and station officer Nagesh Mishra arrived in the village. The deceased were identified as Himanshu Mishra, Nishaant Awasthi, Priyanshu Gupta, Abhishek Mishra and Ankit Verma. The villagers immediately rushed into the water and managed to save two teenagers, while the rest drowned.The villagers immediately informed the police on Dial 100 and also called a 108 ambulance. Akash Kumar and Pratham Kumar, who were rescued by the locals, are admitted in the district hospital.Station officer of Sadar Kotwali police station, Nagesh Mishra said, “A group of teenagers were on a picnic and were probably swimming in the river when they were drowned.

Shahjahanpur: In a tragic incident, 5 teenagers from Gokulpuri colony of Lakhimpur drowned in Ull river on Wednesday morning. Seven teenagers between 15-18 years of age went for a picnic near Midania village outside the city and were swimming in the river when the water level suddenly increased, leading to the tragedy.According to eye-witnesses, they saw a few teenagers enjoying a picnic near Midania village under the jurisdiction of Sadar Kotwali police station, when the youngsters started shouting for help. The villagers immediately rushed into the water and managed to save two teenagers, while the rest drowned.The villagers immediately informed the police on Dial 100 and also called a 108 ambulance. Circle officer Hariram Verma, superintendent of police S Chanappa and station officer Nagesh Mishra arrived in the village. The family members of the teenagers were informed about the incident by the police and later the bodies which were found were handed over to them after postmortem.DM Akashdeep and most of the senior political leaders of Lakhimpur city arrived in the district hospital and consoled the family members of the deceased. The deceased were identified as Himanshu Mishra, Nishaant Awasthi, Priyanshu Gupta, Abhishek Mishra and Ankit Verma. Akash Kumar and Pratham Kumar, who were rescued by the locals, are admitted in the district hospital.Station officer of Sadar Kotwali police station, Nagesh Mishra said, “A group of teenagers were on a picnic and were probably swimming in the river when they were drowned. We have recorded the statement of the eyewitnesses and the survivors. It was an accident and there was no foul play involved."

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