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Father, 2 children die in Unnao car crash

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Unnao: Two children and their father were killed after their vehicle rammed into a tempo traveller on Agra-Lucknow Expressway in ​​Unnao, police said on Tuesday. 

According to Dynamite News correspondent, the accident occurred in the Bangarmau Kotwali area on Tuesday morning, when a car the victims were travelling in lost control, crossed the divider and collided with a Tempo Traveller coming from the opposite direction.

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Bangarmau Police Circle Officer (CO) Arvind Kumar said, "The police received information about the accident at around 5:30 in the morning. A Santro car going from Agra to Lucknow went out of control, crossed the divider and collided with a Tempo Traveller coming from the front. The collision was so severe that the Tempo Traveller overturned."

Tempo-Traveller Driver sustained minor injuries 
He said that in this accident three members of the same family travelling in the car died while the passengers travelling in the Tempo Traveller were slightly injured.

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Identification of Deceased
The deceased have been identified as Raghvendra Singh Kushwaha (36), his five-year-old son Shrestha and his one-and-a-half-year-old daughter, the CO said. Raghvendra was working as a Diwan in the state secretariat. His wife Diksha alias Nandini (35) sustained serious injuries in the accident and was first rushed to the district hospital.

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