Lucknow: Five persons returning from a wedding function were killed in a road accident in Dewa area of Barabanki in Uttar Pradesh late Sunday night, the police said on Monday.
The accident occurred after a truck rammed into a van carrying eight people from Barabanki to Hardoi. Three persons were injured in the accident.
As soon as the police came to know of the accident, they rushed to the spot and sent the injured to the district hospital.
Those who had been killed were identified as Baijnath (45), Chandra Prabha (40), Satyendra (42), Aradhya (92) and Kamlesh (45), the police said.
The injured were rushed to the district hospital where their conditions were stated to be serious.
The police further said that the bodies were handed over to the family members after post mortem.
