UP: Death toll rises to 8 in Barabanki car-truck collision

Two persons who had sustained serious injuries in the head-on collision between a car and truck near Bishunpur village of Barabanki district on November 3 succumbed to their wounds in Lucknow during treatment on Tuesday morning, taking the accident toll to eight, officials said.

- TDG NETWORK

Eight dead after car-truck collision on Kalyani river bridge in UP's Barabanki.

Of the deceased, four people belonged to one family. According to police, the incident took place around 10 pm when a speeding truck collided with an MUV without a number plate on the Kalyani River bridge, which has a single-lane road, under the Deva police station limits.

Six people died on the spot, whereas the two critically injured were taken to the Trauma Centre in Lucknow. All the deceased were passengers of the car and residents of Fatehpur town.