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AGRA: A woman died and four others suffered injuries in an accident on the Agra-Lucknow expressway when their Maruti Baleno after their speeding car hit a nilgai 's carcass on Tuesday morning.The accident occurred at 5.50am, milestone 83 near Nagla Ramfal village of Karhal police jurisdiction of Mainpuri district . Another data voluntarily collected from 20 police stations, under whose jurisdiction the expressway limits fall, revealed that between June to July month, 25 casualties occurred on the expressway. The victims were heading to Gursahaiganj in Kannauj district when their hatchback hit a carcass of a Nilgai.The deceased was identified as Sania (25), wife of Delhi based businessman Ravi Kumar. The firm had responsibility for setting up outdoor equipment like emergency call box, CCTV, PTZ cameras, ANPR-based speed informant system and automatic counter-cum-classifier. On July 22, former CM Akhilesh Yadav even tweeted a couple of pictures of stray cattle on the expressway, raising concern over commuters safety.To curb the road accidents, in May month the state cabinet approved Rs 29.6 crore funds to operate, maintain and provide safety on Agra-Lucknow Expressway for five years to a private firm..