Three killed, 5 hurt as car hits truck in UP’s Hardoi

Hardoi (UP):

Three people died and five others were injured when the car they were travelling in rammed into a stationary truck on the Hardoi-Shahjahanpur road, police said on Tuesday.

The incident took place late Monday night when the car occupants were returning to Shahjahanpur from Lucknow after attending a wedding ceremony, they said.

Superintendent of Police Anurag Vats said eight people were travelling in the “speeding” car.

Three of them — identified as Devendra (25), Sunil Kumar (33) and Akhilesh (50) — died in the accident, while the reaining five were injured, the SP said.