Varanasi: Seven people were killed and 18 injured in three road accidents in Sonbhadra district on Monday night and Tuesday.In the first accident, three people died and 16 were injured when a car and a three-wheeler collided head-on near Nadhira turn on the Renukoot-Bijpur road on Tuesday. The three-wheeler passengers were travelling from Dhartidand to Kirbil to attend a Vijayadashami fair, while the car was heading from Varanasi towards Chhattisgarh.The injured were taken to community health centres in Babhani and Myorpur. Ankush, 12, of Nadhira, and Rajkumari, 23, of Nadhira Purvi Tola, died at Myorpur CHC, while Sunil Gupta, 25, of Dhartidand, died on the way to the district hospital after receiving first aid at Babhani CHC.Inspector-in-charge Arvind Kumar Saroj said the bodies were sent to Duddhi Community Health Centre for postmortem after the panchnama proceedings.Later, Ravi Kumar, 19, of Paraspani Kota, was killed when a truck hit his motorcycle near Telgudwa crossing on the Varanasi-Shaktinagar highway on Tuesday evening. He was heading towards Dala when the truck rammed into his motorcycle from behind.Ravi was taken to CHC Chopan, where doctors declared him dead. The truck driver allegedly tried to flee but was caught by passersby with police assistance, Chopan police station in-charge Gopal Gupta said.Three youths were killed and two injured when two motorcycles collided head-on in Deori Bazaar under Myorpur police station limits late Monday.Doctors declared Deepak Kharwar, 18, of Myorpur, and Surendra Gond, 19, and Suraj Gond, 19, both of Deori, dead at Myorpur CHC. The injured, Dharmendra Kharwar, 19, and Ravindra Kharwar, 18, both of Ashram Mod, were referred to Medical College, Lodhi, after primary treatment.
