Half a dozen people, including three women, were killed and five others were injured when a truck rammed into a tempo in Kerakat Kotwali area of Jaunpur on Wednesday.
SP of Jaunpur DP Singh said that the accident occurred near Kursana village when one of the tyres of the truck burst and the driver lost control before crushing a passenger-laden tempo.
Five passengers in the tempo died on the spot while one succumbed later in the hospital. The deceased included tempo driver Puran Sonkar (22), Indu Devi (40), Satyendra Pal (34), Anita Devi (32) and two others who were unidentified. Of the five injured, three were rushed to a Varanasi hospital in a critical condition.