Uttarakhand Education and Sports minister Arvind Pandey’s son Ankur Pandey and one of his friends died after the car they were travelling in collided with a truck. While two died, one was seriously injured in the mishap which occurred in Bareily district of Uttar Pradesh in the wee hours on Wednesday.
The 24-year old Ankur was travelling in a car with friends to attend a wedding in Gorakhpur when their car collided with a truck. Their friends in another car behind them took the three injured to a private hospital where Ankur was declared dead while his friend Munna Giri died during treatment. The third passenger in the ill-fated car, Gyanendra Yadav is in a critical condition.
Chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat, cabinet minister Yashpal Arya, former CMs Bhagat Singh Koshyari and Harish Rawat among others reached Gularbhoj in Udham Singh Nagar where the last rites of the minister’s son were conducted. The chief minister expressed deep grief at the death and wished the family strength to bear the loss.
