A DCM loaded with goats collided with a trailer in Varanasi, killing the driver and stealing the goats.:In Mirzamurad, a DCM loaded with goats collided with a trailer.

News Topical, Digital Desk : On Sunday night, a tire burst on the highway near Kachwan Road intersection, causing a speeding DCM loaded with goats to collide with the rear of a trailer (truck) parked on the highway. The DCM driver, Sandeep Singh (25), died in the accident, and three others in the cabin were injured.

The police took out the injured and sent them to the hospital in an ambulance. After taking the driver's body into custody, the police sent it for postmortem and also informed the family members. Meanwhile, the villagers, seeing the opportunity, took away a large number of goats and ran away. The driver Sandeep Singh, a resident of Mirpur village of Fatehpur-Khaga, was coming to Varanasi from Prayagraj with goats loaded on DCM (UP.77.BN.5172) when the tyre burst near the overbridge located above Kachwan Road intersection under Mirzamurad police station on Varanasi-Prayagraj NH 19.

Due to a tyre burst, it hit the rear portion of a parked trailer (MP 33.H.5546). The collision was so severe that the front portion of the DCM was blown to pieces. Driver Sandeep died on the spot after being trapped in the cabin, while three others aboard were injured. Station in-charge Pramod Pandey and Kachwan Road outpost in-charge Ramchandra Yadav, who reached the spot after receiving the information, after a lot of effort, got the bodies trapped in the cabin and the injured Dharmendra, Ram Lakhan and Fatehpur resident Aslam out and were taken out and sent to the hospital by ambulance.

Some goats loaded in the DCM were also crushed to death. Upon learning of the accident, villagers rushed to the scene to escape with the goats. The deceased driver was identified using an Aadhaar card found in his pocket. Following this, the police took legal action, sending the body for a post-mortem examination, and informing the family. According to the police, the villagers fled the scene with the goats. Legal action will be taken after a complaint.