UP: Seven, including newly-wed couple, killed in road accident in Bijnor
After being hit by a car, the tempo rammed into an electric pole around 2am on Saturday in Dhampur on the Dehradun-Nainital Highway. Read further on Dynamite News:
Lucknow: Seven people, including a newly-wed couple, returning from Jharkhand died while two others were injured when a car hit a tempo from behind while overtaking another vehicle, police said on Saturday.
After being hit by the car, the tempo rammed into an electric pole around 2 am on Saturday near the fire station of Dhampur on the Dehradun-Nainital Highway, Superintendent of Police Abhishek said.
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The tempo passengers were thrown on the ground by the impact of the accident, he said.
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Six people of the same family travelling in the tempo were killed on the spot while its driver Ajab Singh died on the way to a hospital, the SP said.
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Two persons who were moving in the car have been injured, police said, adding the bodies of the deceased have been sent for post-mortem. (with Agency inputs)