Ghazipur: Six people were injured late on Tuesday night, October 20, when a speeding car went out of control and struck a group of people standing by the roadside on National Highway 31 in the Mohammadabad Kotwali area of Uttar Pradesh's Ghazipur district, Daily Kiran reported. IANS also reported that six people returning from a Dussehra Mela were injured after being hit by a speeding car in Ghazipur.

According to Daily Kiran, the victims had returned from a Dussehra festival and were standing by the roadside when the car hit them at around 10 to 11 p.m. Bystanders caught the driver at the scene; he was identified as Ashish Kumar Rai, a resident of Virpur village in the Bhavarkol police station area. Local police reached the spot as tensions rose and took the driver into custody.

The injured were first given medical care at the Community Health Centre in Mohammadabad and, because of the seriousness of their injuries, were referred to the district headquarters hospital for further treatment, the report said. Police have taken the vehicle into custody and an investigation is under way to establish the circumstances that led to the accident.

Sources: Daily Kiran (October 21, 2026); IANS, via hi INDiA (October 21, 2026).