Maharajganj (UP), February 17 A 50-year-old inspector was killed, and five other police officers were injured when their SUV collided with a roadside tree in the Maharajganj district on Tuesday morning, police said.
Shyam Deurwa, SHO Abhishek Singh, said that the accident occurred on the Maharajganj-Gorakhpur Main Road when a police team from Gorakhpur was returning from a raid in the Kushinagar district.
The deceased was identified as Inspector Santosh Kumar (50), Singh said.
While Kumar died during treatment, five others, including a senior sub-inspector, are still being treated at the BRD Medical College in Gorakhpur.