After theGreater Noida,JanakpuriandRohinitragedies, where three people died after their vehicle fell into a pit, another similar case came to light. A 25-year-old man died after his motorcycle plunged into a deep, waterlogged pit on the side of a poorly lit road in Kanpur Dehat district. The man was trapped for nearly 12 hours after his motorcycle fell into the pit.

The deceased, Dheerendra Kumar, a resident of Bhawanipur village in Rasulabad, possibly lost control of the motorcycle because of the darkness on the street and fell into the open pit filled with slush, PTI news agency reported.

The incident occurred on Tuesday evening near Kadri village along the Rura-Shivli road. The area reportedly lacked street lighting, and his cries for help went unheard as he remained trapped in mud throughout the night, police said.

Station House Officer Praveen Kumar Yadav said the victim had left his workplace at the Panki power station around 6 pm but did not return home.

Farmers heading to their fields on Wednesday morning spotted the victim stuck in the slush and alerted villagers and the police. Village head Ankush Kumar and other locals pulled him out and attempted to revive him before calling for medical assistance, police said.

He was taken to the community health centre in Shivli, where doctors declared him dead.

Postmortem examination has revealed that the deceased had sustained a fatal head injury in the fall, the SHO said, adding that no foul play was suspected and no FIR has been registered as the death appeared to be accidental.

The victim's brother, Brijendra Kumar, said both of them worked as welders at the power plant.

"He left in the evening but did not return. We received a call from the police the next morning," he said.

The Kanpur incident reminds us of the tragic death of three men, who died in three separate incidents but in a similar manner. Earlier in January, a 27-year-old software engineer from Noida died after his car plunged into a deep water-filled pit at a construction site in Noida's Sector 150.

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