Overview
- A sand‑laden dumper struck a tempo near Bamnetta village on the Agra–Moradabad National Highway on Sunday morning, throwing the tempo about 10 feet and leaving the dumper overturned.
- Police and hospital accounts reported five people killed, including an infant and a young child, while a Bahjoi circle officer later said a sixth victim died in hospital and officials are reconciling the final toll.
- Eyewitnesses told local police that an e‑rickshaw ahead made a sudden U‑turn and the dumper allegedly swerved to avoid it before ramming the tempo, a sequence that investigators are examining.
- Locals and Bahjoi police rushed the injured to the Bahjoi community health centre and to hospitals in Chandausi, Sambhal and Moradabad where doctors declared multiple deaths and treated others.
- Sambhal police have cleared the wreckage, sent bodies for inquest and post‑mortem, and the Uttar Pradesh chief minister has directed officials to ensure medical care and assistance to the bereaved families.