<p>Barabanki: A 31-year-old soldier of the <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/indian-army">Indian Army's</a> bomb disposal squad died after being hit by an army truck near the BDC Cantonment gate in this <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/uttar-pradesh">Uttar Pradesh</a> district, police said on Friday.</p>.<p>The fatal accident was caused by the truck's brakes failing, they said.</p>.<p>Kotwali in-charge Alok Mani Tripathi said the soldier, Mohammad Irfan Ali, was a resident of Deoband in Saharanpur district and posted at the cantonment.</p>.<p>Irfan married four years ago and had a two-year-old daughter, he said.</p>.55-year-old farmer killed by leopard in UP's Lakhimpur Kheri.<p>The accident occurred when Irfan was on duty at the cantonment gate. The army truck approaching from outside suffered a brake failure as it was entering the cantonment and hit him.</p>.<p>Irfan, who suffered critical injuries, was rushed to the district hospital where doctors declared him dead on arrival, Tripathi said.</p>.<p>A post-mortem was conducted and the police handed over the soldier's body to his family members with full honours. His remains were later sent to his hometown, he added. </p>
<p>Barabanki: A 31-year-old soldier of the <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/indian-army">Indian Army's</a> bomb disposal squad died after being hit by an army truck near the BDC Cantonment gate in this <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/uttar-pradesh">Uttar Pradesh</a> district, police said on Friday.</p>.<p>The fatal accident was caused by the truck's brakes failing, they said.</p>.<p>Kotwali in-charge Alok Mani Tripathi said the soldier, Mohammad Irfan Ali, was a resident of Deoband in Saharanpur district and posted at the cantonment.</p>.<p>Irfan married four years ago and had a two-year-old daughter, he said.</p>.55-year-old farmer killed by leopard in UP's Lakhimpur Kheri.<p>The accident occurred when Irfan was on duty at the cantonment gate. The army truck approaching from outside suffered a brake failure as it was entering the cantonment and hit him.</p>.<p>Irfan, who suffered critical injuries, was rushed to the district hospital where doctors declared him dead on arrival, Tripathi said.</p>.<p>A post-mortem was conducted and the police handed over the soldier's body to his family members with full honours. His remains were later sent to his hometown, he added. </p>