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Three members of a well-known family from Gorakhpur lost their lives on Monday morning when their car collided with a truck in Shahjahanpur district.

- HT Correspondent

GORAKHPUR:

The crash took place near Village Jamua, under the Rouza Police Station area, at around 6:30 am. The family was on their way to Nainital for a trip.

The victims have been identified as Shivam Pandey, 36, his three-year-old son Madhavan, and his sister Shweta Pandey, 42.

They were declared dead at the hospital after being pulled from the wreckage. Shivam Pandey belonged to a respected political and hotelier family, locally known as "Malaoun ke Pandey", living under the Beli Par Police Station area in Gorakhpur.

Shweta Pandey was the wife of Dr NK Dwivedi, who works at the 100-bed TB hospital in Gorakhpur and lives in Malviya Nagar Colony, under Khorabar Police Station.