Five people were killed and one person was injured when a mini-truck coming from Delhi collided head on with a truck in Bakewar area of Etawah on National Highway-2 on early Tuesday morning.
According to reports, the accident occurred in the morning hours when there was fog in the area. Identification of the deceased were yet to be made. The injured have been rushed to the hospital.
In another incident in Barabanki, a container caught fire after it crushed a motor-cycle on the by-pass late on Monday night. Two people who were going on the motor-cycle were killed. But the driver and the cleaner of the container fled after the incident which caught the fire. Due to the accident and the.fire, the lucknow- Faizabad highway was disrupted for about six hours last night.
Meanwhile, a report from Mau said an uncontrolled truck dashed against a police outpost on Azamgarh-Mau road near Mau city late on Monday night. None was injured in the incident.