Army officer killed, family injured as car goes up in flames

An Army officer was killed while four of his family members were seriously injured when their car they were travelling on caught fire on the Lucknow-Agra Expressway at Etawah in Uttar Pradesh, the police said on Monday.

The tragedy took place near Nagla Hardu village in UP when the family was returning from Ganga Ghat in Farrukhabad late on Sunday night, Circle Officer, City, Anjani Kumar said.

While Lt. Rahul Kumar died on the spot, his mother, aunt, sister-in-law and nephew received serious burns and were admitted to Saifai Hospital, Kumar said.

Kumar was posted in Imphal, Manipur.