Four persons of a family were killed in a road accident on the Panipat-Badaun national highway-51 in Gajraula police station area in Amroha late in night on Saturday.
The accident took place near Kumrala police outpost when the driver of the vehicle lost control over the wheels, following which the vehicle rammed into a tree and then overturned.
The police said the victims were returning to Gajraula from Badaaun where they had gone to wish happy Eid to their relatives. The deceased were identified as Shahid, Quamuddin, Shakura and Zafar, native of Sahabajpur village of Gajraula. The bodies have been sent for postmortem.
In another incident, three youths, including two girls, were run over by a train when they were crossing a railway track under Khukhudu police station area in Deoria district on Saturday night.
Police said the incident occurred at Sirsiya village when suddenly trains arrived on both the tracks and the youths did not have time to escape when they were crossing. The deceased were identified as Maina(15), Kiran(18) and Arvind (18). Injured was identified as Sonam. The police sent the bodies for post-mortem and a case was registered in this connection.