Car in minister Shrikant Sharma’s convoy hits two boys, overturns

  • | Saturday | 24th November, 2018

The two boys standing beside the shop were hit by the car and sustained critical injuries,” DSP Ramesh Chandra. ALLAHABAD: Two schoolchildren were seriously injured after being hit by a car moving in the convoy of state cabinet minister Shrikant Sharma in Raniganj locality of neighbouring Pratapgarh district on Friday. The driver and gunner of MLA Sangamlal Gupta were in the car, which overturned after hitting the boys.Police said the injured boys have been admitted to Swaroop Rani Nehru Hospital in Allahabad. Suddenly, the driver lost control over the steering and smashed the vehicle into a roadside betel shop before falling in a culvert . Sharma was in Pratapgarh to inaugurate a religious fair, Barahi Devi Dham Mahotsav.“Mohd Adnan and Arbi Hasan, both 12 years of age, were standing with their schoolmates on the left side of Patti-Jamtalli road at Raniganj to watch the passing convoy of vehicles.

ALLAHABAD: Two schoolchildren were seriously injured after being hit by a car moving in the convoy of state cabinet minister Shrikant Sharma in Raniganj locality of neighbouring Pratapgarh district on Friday. The driver and gunner of MLA Sangamlal Gupta were in the car, which overturned after hitting the boys.Police said the injured boys have been admitted to Swaroop Rani Nehru Hospital in Allahabad. Sharma was in Pratapgarh to inaugurate a religious fair, Barahi Devi Dham Mahotsav.“Mohd Adnan and Arbi Hasan, both 12 years of age, were standing with their schoolmates on the left side of Patti-Jamtalli road at Raniganj to watch the passing convoy of vehicles. Suddenly, the driver lost control over the steering and smashed the vehicle into a roadside betel shop before falling in a culvert . The two boys standing beside the shop were hit by the car and sustained critical injuries,” DSP Ramesh Chandra. He said the driver and gunner sitting in the car sustained minor injuries.The police deployed for the security of the minister summoned an ambulance and sent the injured to the district hospital from where they were referred to SRN Hospital in Allahabad after their condition deteriorated.Later, during his inaugural address, Sharma said he would meet the family of the injured boys and assured that best available medical facilities would be provided to them.

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