Overview
- The car carrying senior Samajwadi Party leader and former UP minister Ambika Chaudhary struck a road divider near Ballia railway station on Monday evening.
- Police at the scene said there were no injuries or significant damage and confirmed that traffic disruption was brief.
- Chaudhary told PTI the impact damaged the vehicle and injured his brother Sudhir, who was driving, while he and his security guard escaped unhurt.
- City Kotwal Kshitij Tripathi and Okdengunj outpost in-charge Saurabh Singh responded, arranged a crane, and reopened the National Highway stretch to normal flow.
- Chaudhary blamed poor lighting and cited an earlier crash at the same divider, calling the situation the administration’s gross negligence.