{"id":33560,"date":"2026-10-07T07:24:41","date_gmt":"2026-10-07T07:24:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=33560"},"modified":"2026-10-07T07:24:41","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T07:24:41","slug":"4-cricketers-killed-2-injured-after-car-rams-truck-on-purvanchal-expressway-lucknow-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=33560","title":{"rendered":"4 cricketers killed, 2 injured after car rams truck on Purvanchal Expressway | Lucknow News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-articlebody=\"1\"><video-embed value=\"false\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"ihgno clearfix  \">\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-134758358,imgsize-173964,width-400,height-225,resizemode-75\/three-tennis-players-lost-their-lives-after-their-car-collided-with-a-truck-on-purvanchal-expressway.jpg\" alt=\"4 cricketers killed, 2 injured after car rams truck on Purvanchal Expressway\" title=\"Three tennis players lost their lives after their car collided with a truck on Purvanchal Expressway.\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Ta7d_ img_cptn\"><span title=\"Three tennis players lost their lives after their car collided with a truck on Purvanchal Expressway.\">Three tennis players lost their lives after their car collided with a truck on Purvanchal Expressway.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>LUCKNOW: Four young cricketers were killed and two others seriously injured after their Maruti Ertiga rammed into the rear of an unidentified truck on the Purvanchal Expressway in Sultanpur early Wednesday morning.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"2\"\/>The accident occurred around 5:15 am near Sukhbaderi under the Dhanpatganj police station area. The six-member group was returning to Deoria from Lucknow after playing a cricket match.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"4\"\/>The deceased have been identified as Nitya Prajapati (22), Irfan Ansari (20), Aniket (24) and Anand Yadav (23). The injured are Raju (22) and Jayanto Sharma (30), who were shifted to Medical College, Darshan Nagar, after initial treatment at Kumar Ganj hospital.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"9\"\/>Sultanpur SP Vineet Jaiswal told TOI that the group was returning after playing a match in Lucknow when the unfortunate incident took place.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"11\"\/>Their team captain Mohit Pandey said the four victims were talented players who regularly played private cricket matches. \u201cAniket was a fine all-rounder, much like Kapil Dev. Nitya Prajapati and Irfan were fine batters, while Anand Yadav was a fast bowler,\u201d Pandey said.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"13\"\/>According to injured passenger Jayanto Sharma, also a player, all six occupants were asleep during the journey and did not know how the car collided with the truck.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"15\"\/>UPEIDA security personnel rushed to the spot and evacuated the injured. Police have launched an investigation and are searching for the unidentified truck.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/city\/lucknow\/3-cricketers-killed-3-injured-after-car-rams-truck-on-purvanchal-expressway\/articleshow\/134756521.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three tennis players lost their lives after their car collided with a truck on Purvanchal Expressway. 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