A major accident took place on National Highway-19 in Bhadohi district of Uttar Pradesh on Saturday due to fog. In the accident, 8 vehicles collided with each other and were badly damaged. The accident was quite serious, but, it was a matter of relief that all the drivers escaped unhurt. The accident took place in Gopiganj Kotwali area on the Varanasi-Prayagraj highway. On Saturday morning, there was dense fog in the area, which reduced visibility considerably. Due to this fog, there was an accident, in which the first two trucks collided with each other, after which the car, magic car and other trucks collided with the parked vehicles. After the accident, there was chaos on the highway and traffic was disrupted. Two motorists suffered minor injuries, but no one was seriously injured.
Traffic Disrupted After Accident
The police team reached the spot as soon as the accident was reported. The police removed all the crashed vehicles from the highway with the help of cranes, so that the traffic could be normal again. Due to the accident, there was a long jam on the road for some time, but the police took charge and normalized the traffic. Bablu, an eyewitness, said that a total of eight to nine vehicles collided one after the other. Apart from this, a major accident took place on the Kharkhoda-Barona road bypass on National Highway 344 in Sonipat, Haryana. Five vehicles collided with each other in this accident.
Accident Occurred Due to Dense Fog
Actually, road construction work was going on on the NH, but reflectors were not installed on the road and due to dense fog, the barricades on the road were also not visible, due to which the accident took place. However, no one was killed in this accident. The vehicles that collided with each other include 2 dumpers, 1 truck, 1 canter and another vehicle. The accident took place when the drivers could not see the barricades on the road due to dense fog and the vehicles collided with each other. People present on the spot after the accident said that work was going on on the road, but due to lack of reflectors, the accident happened. Due to lack of reflectors on the barricades, the accident took place in dense fog and the drivers found it difficult to identify the way.