In Uttar Pradesh, in a road accident, six people were killed when a pickup van collided with a truck.
Jaunpur: At least six people were killed and 11 others were injured when a pickup van collided head-on with a truck under the Jalalpur police station area on the Varanasi-Lucknow highway on Tuesday morning.
Police here said that the accident occurred at around 0330 hrs near Laharpur village when a family and their close relatives were returning from Varanasi after cremating a 112-year-old woman Dhanai Devi of Jalalpur village under the Saraikhawaja police station area in the district.
The deceased were identified as Amar Bahadur Yadav(58), Ramshringar Yadav(38), Munni Lal Yadav (39), Indrajeet Yadav (48), Kamla Prasad Yadav (60), and Ramkumar (65).
The injured have been admitted to the hospital.