Gadarpur: bike comes through illegal divider cut on NH-74 near Balkheda Mod and hits car; 52-year-old who had come to hand out his daughters' wedding cards dies, companion seriously hurt

A 52-year-old man riding a bike died and his maternal cousin was seriously injured when a car and a bike collided on NH-74 near Balkheda Mod in Gadarpur at about 3 pm on Monday (November 9). According to the news portals Khabar Pahad and Devbhoomi Darshan, a family from Jwalapur in Haridwar was going by car to visit Baba Neeb Karori's shrine when the bike suddenly came out through an illegal cut in the divider. The people in the car suffered minor injuries. Both men on the bike are from the Hajinagar area of Rampur district in Uttar Pradesh. The man who died had reportedly come to Gadarpur to hand out wedding cards for his two daughters. The injured were taken to hospital in a 108 ambulance; as his condition was serious he was being taken to Haldwani, but died on the way. On being informed, SI Sanjay Bora of Gadarpur police station reached the spot with a police team. This information is from two local news portals; they do not carry a police statement.