<p>Three farmers died allegedly after being run over by the vehicle of a Public Works Department official in Kanpur’s Bilhaur town, police said.</p>.<p>The vehicle, which belongs to a junior engineer of the PWD Ayodhya, was being driven by driver Ajeet Kumar Pandey when the incident happened Monday evening, they said.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/west/4-dead-4-injured-as-car-hits-samruddhi-expressway-divider-in-nashik-1227084.html" target="_blank">4 dead, 4 injured as car hits Samruddhi Expressway divider in Nashik</a></strong></p>.<p>The preliminary investigation revealed that Pandey was in an inebriated state while driving the car, SHO (Bilhaur) Surendra Singh said.</p>.<p>Pandey was on his way to Ayodhya after dropping the junior engineer’s family in Sikandara in Kanpur Dehat when he lost control of the vehicle on the Lucknow-Etawah road and ran over Surendra Singh (62), Ahibaran Singh (63) and Ghaseete Yadav (65), police said.</p>.<p>The three elderly farmers, all residents of Billhaur, died on the spot.</p>.<p>“We suspect that Pandey was driving the vehicle negligently when the fatal accident took place, " the SHO said.</p>.<p>The accused driver fled from the spot after the accident, leaving the damaged SUV behind. He was later arrested, he said.</p>.<p>An FIR has also been registered under relevant sections of IPC at the Bilhaur police station, the SHO added.</p>
<p>Three farmers died allegedly after being run over by the vehicle of a Public Works Department official in Kanpur’s Bilhaur town, police said.</p>.<p>The vehicle, which belongs to a junior engineer of the PWD Ayodhya, was being driven by driver Ajeet Kumar Pandey when the incident happened Monday evening, they said.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/west/4-dead-4-injured-as-car-hits-samruddhi-expressway-divider-in-nashik-1227084.html" target="_blank">4 dead, 4 injured as car hits Samruddhi Expressway divider in Nashik</a></strong></p>.<p>The preliminary investigation revealed that Pandey was in an inebriated state while driving the car, SHO (Bilhaur) Surendra Singh said.</p>.<p>Pandey was on his way to Ayodhya after dropping the junior engineer’s family in Sikandara in Kanpur Dehat when he lost control of the vehicle on the Lucknow-Etawah road and ran over Surendra Singh (62), Ahibaran Singh (63) and Ghaseete Yadav (65), police said.</p>.<p>The three elderly farmers, all residents of Billhaur, died on the spot.</p>.<p>“We suspect that Pandey was driving the vehicle negligently when the fatal accident took place, " the SHO said.</p>.<p>The accused driver fled from the spot after the accident, leaving the damaged SUV behind. He was later arrested, he said.</p>.<p>An FIR has also been registered under relevant sections of IPC at the Bilhaur police station, the SHO added.</p>