Several Injured as Vehicles in Rahul Gandhi’s Convoy Collide on Purvanchal Expressway

Lucknow: Several people were injured on Monday when vehicles in Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s convoy collided on the Purvanchal Expressway in Uttar Pradesh. Gandhi, the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, was not hurt.

The accident took place around 10.15 am near the 91-km milestone, where five vehicles and an ambulance were involved in the pile-up. An officer told PTI that a private vehicle at the front of the convoy, belonging to local Congress leaders, braked suddenly for an unspecified reason, causing the vehicles behind it to run into one another. Those injured were reportedly Congress workers, party office-bearers and security personnel travelling with the convoy. The number of injured and the severity of their injuries were not specified.

The convoy, escorted by police, was heading to Sultanpur, where Gandhi was due to appear in court for a hearing in a defamation case against him.