5 doctors lost their lives when Scorpio collided with a divider and crashed into a truck on the Agra highway

Five doctors died and one person was seriously injured in a road accident that occurred on the Lucknow-Agra Highway in Kannauj district of Uttar Pradesh in the early hours of Wednesday, November 27.

According to the police, the accident took place around 3 am when the Scorpio SUV, which was traveling from Lucknow to Agra, lost control and crashed into a barrier. The vehicle then crossed into the opposite lane and crashed into the oncoming truck.

Superintendent of Police Amit Kumar Anand confirmed that all five victims died on the spot. The sole survivor, identified as Jaiveer Singh (39), a postgraduate student at Saifai Medical College, was contacted by Dr. Bhimrao was admitted to Ambedkar Medical College and is receiving treatment.

The victims were identified as Dr Anirudh Verma (29) from Agra, Dr Santosh Kumar Maurya (46) from Bhadohi, Dr Arun Kumar (34) from Kannauj, Dr Nardev (35) and Rakesh Kumar (38) from Bareilly.

The group, affiliated with the Uttar Pradesh University of Medical Sciences in Saifai, was returning from a wedding in Lucknow when the accident occurred.

Circle Officer Dr Priyanka Bajpai said the bodies have been sent for post-mortem and investigation into the accident is on.

With inputs from Neeraj and PTI