Pregnant woman among 4 dead as car hits e-rickshaw in Uttarakhand

Rudrapur: Four people, including a pregnant woman who was close to delivery, died here in the early hours of Wednesday in a head-on collision between a car and their e-rickshaw, police said. The e-rickshaw driver was also killed in the accident that occurred around 3 am near Ataria road along the Nainital highway when the pregnant woman, along with other women of the same family, was returning home from the district hospital after a check-up, they said. The e-rickshaw was ferrying six people, police added.

The deceased were identified as Jyoti, Urmila, Vibha and e-rickshaw driver Manoj, all residents of Bhura Rani. Jyoti experienced labour pain late Tuesday night and her family members took her to the hospital in the e-rickshaw. However, doctors at the medical facility examined her and told the family that there was still a day to go for delivery and advised them to return home. The women were on their way back when they met with the accident. The car that hit their e-rickshaw bore an Uttar Pradesh number plate, police added.