7 killed in UP road accident

Lucknow, August 27

Seven persons were killed and two others were seriously injured on Saturday in Uttar Pradesh’s Ambedkarnagar district when their vehicle was hit head-on by a tractor, the police said.

The condition of one of the injured is stated to be “very critical”.

An officer said Haji Vakeel Ahmad, resident of Nariyaon village in Jehangirganj, was unwell and his family (all seated in a Scorpio) was taking him to a hospital in Lucknow when the accident occurred.

When the Scorpio was around a curve, it was hit head-on by the speeding tractor.

Six were killed on the spot, while three were rushed to a nearby medical facility where one person succumbed to his injuries. — IANS