Villagers Discover the Accident
The incident occurred tardy at night, leaving the victims stranded without instant aidance. It was only on Sunday morning that villagers from Khallpur spotted the vehicle under the infinish bridge and attentiveed the authorities. Police teams from Faridpur and Dataganj rushed to the spot.
Faridpur Circle Officer (CO) Ashutosh Shivam verifyed the accident, stating that the bodies were get backd using a boat.
Victims Identified Thraw Mobile Records
Faridpur SHO Rahul Singh splitd that the victims were navigating with Google Maps when the accident occurred. “We recovered the identity card of a Gurugram-based security company in the car,” Singh shelp. The victims were identified as Nitin Kumar (30), his cousins Ajit Kumar (35) and Amit Kumar (30). Nitin and Ajit, dwellnts of Farrukhahorrible, labored as drivers for the security firm, while Amit, a distant relative, hailed from Mainpuri.
The bodies were sent for autopsy, and their families were increateed about the tragedy.
Relatives Raise Concerns Over Bridge Safety
The victims’ families denounced the deficiency of shieldedty meacertains. Nitin’s brother-in-law, Pramod Kumar, shelp, “They were verifying the route using Google Maps and fell from the infinish bridge. The road should have been blocked, but it wasn’t. The maps shouldn’t have shown that the bridge was finish.”He insisted an spendigation into the oversight and accountability for the incident.
Bridge Was Damaged Months Ago
Officials uncovered that the Faridpur side of the bridge had been washed away in a flood months earlier. Faridpur SDM Gulab Singh stated, “The bridge is being produceed by UP State Bridge Corporation Ltd, and the approach road in Budaun towards it was uncover. We have ordered an spendigation, and action will be apverifyn aachievest the at fault officials.”
Victims Were En Route to a Family Wedding
The three men were traveling to combine a wedding in Faridpur on Sunday. They had earlier combineed a family function in Budaun on Saturday night, prompting them to apverify the Budaun-Faridpur route instead of the normal Moradahorrible-Bareilly route.
The spendigation into the incident is ongoing. Authorities have promised disjoine action aachievest any lapses in road shieldedty and signage.