Road accident kills 6 in India's Uttar Pradesh

Source: Xinhua| 2020-11-02 17:43:49|Editor: huaxia

NEW DELHI, Nov. 2 (Xinhua) -- Six people were killed and nine others injured in a road accident in India's northern state of Uttar Pradesh on Sunday night.

A local police said via phone on Monday that the casualties were all aboard a van, which carried them back to the Lakhimpur city from a visit to a religious site.

The accident happened when their van was hit by an unidentified vehicle in the Payagpur area of the Bahraich district.

Local media quoted the local Deputy Superintendent of Police T.N. Dubey as saying that the van was carrying a total of 16 people. Enditem

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