In a tragic incident, eight members of a family were killed on their way to Agra after the car they were travelling in rammed into a truck on Yamuna Expressway in Mathura district on Sunday.
The Wagon R was going to Agra from Greater Noida and it rammed into the truck moving ahead around 9 am near milestone number 140, under Baldeo police station, about 30 km from Mathura city.
Police suspect that the man driving the Wagon R tried to overtake the truck and this resulted in the mishap.
Superintendent of Police (Rural) Aditya Kumar Shukla said five persons of the family from Jewar in Gautam Buddha Nagar district were killed on spot, while three succumbed to injuries on way to hospital.
Police said the car was completely mangled and they had to use gas cutters to bring out the bodies.
Those killed in the mishap were identified as Neeraj (25), Anita (30), Vishnu (25), Karuna (22), Santoshi (19), Shalu (20), Anjali (11) and Gabbar (24), the SP said.
In a separate incident, two persons were killed after their motorcycle was hit by a car on Miranpur road in Muzaffarnagar on Sunday.
Six occupants of the car were also injured after it collided with a tree after hitting the motorcycle.
The deceased were identified as Yogesh (27) and Rajender (25). The injured were admitted to a hospital.