Six persons of a family were killed when their car collided with a road side tree in Basgaon area of Gorakhpur on Sunday early morning. Two other persons were also injured in the accident.
Police said that that the driver of the car lost control over the vehicle leading to the accident near Malhanpur village. The car after hitting the road side tree over turned and fell into a ditch and all the six died on the spot. The two critically injured were rushed to the Gorakhpur district hospital.
The deceased were identified as Muneshwar Sharma (65), his wife Madhuri, his niece Tanya (12) and Harshita (8), nephew Rakesh (25) and his son Pankaj (20), all native of Chavaria village in Gagha police station area of the district.