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Four Cricketers Killed in Horrific Expressway Crash
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Moneycontrol•08-10-2026, 08:57
Four Cricketers Killed in Horrific Expressway Crash
- •Four tennis-ball cricket players died and two others were injured when their car rammed into the rear of a truck on the Purvanchal Expressway in Sultanpur.
- •The victims were identified as Nitya Prajapati, Irfan Ansari, Aniket Singh, and Anand Yadav, all returning to Deoria from a match in Lucknow.
- •Police suspect the driver may have dozed off at the wheel, leading to the high-speed collision around 5 am.
- •Passers-by and UPEIDA security personnel had to break open the mangled doors of the vehicle to rescue the trapped occupants.
- •An injured survivor recalled that everyone inside the car was asleep when the sudden crash occurred.
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Police suspect that the driver dozed off at the wheel due to a lapse of sleep, causing their seven-seater car to crash into the rear of a truck. Preliminary inquiries indicated the car was travelling at about 100 kmph when the accident happened.
Four tennis-ball cricket players lost their lives in the tragic crash. The deceased were identified as Nitya Prajapati, Irfan Ansari, Aniket Singh, and Anand Yadav.
The players were returning home to Deoria from Lucknow after participating in a tennis-cricket match in the Bakshi Ka Talab area. Eleven players had originally traveled from Deoria to Lucknow for the tournament.
