At least 11 people were killed in three separate road accidents on Thursday.
A report from Azamgarh said five youths were killed and one was injured when their car dashed into a stationary truck near Ghambhirpur area on Thursday morning. Police said the youths were returning from Jaunpur when the accident occurred near Sighra village. The dead were identified as Raheem (25), Surtaj(26), Sarfraz(28), Kasim(24) and Gulzar (25).
In another incident reported from Badaun, four people were killed and eight others injured, when a van carrying them collided head-on with a car in Behata area under Faizganj police station area on Badaun-Moradabad road. Senior Superintendent of Police, Atul Saxena said that the van was coming from Muzaffarnagar and going towards Badaun. The injured have been admitted to the hospital in Bareilly where condition of the two is stated to be critical.
In another road accident in Amroha, two people, both drivers were killed on the spot, when two trucks collided head-on in Gajraula area on State Highway-51, on Thursday morning. The drivers have been identified as Nilesh of Rajasthan and Mumtaz of Sambhal.