Police said the car was headed for Prayagraj when the accident took place on the Karjag-Kerakat road in the Gaura Badshahpur police station area.
Six members of a family including a child were killed, and three others were injured as their car collided with a speeding truck in Uttar Pradesh’s Jaunpur district during the early hours of Sunday. According to the police, the car was headed for Prayagraj when the accident took place on the Karjag-Kerakat road in the Gaura Badshahpur police station area around 2:30 am.
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Three other members who have been injured are undergoing treatment at the BHU hospital, said Jaunpur Superintendent of Police Brijesh Kumar.
The family of nine are all residents of Bihar’s Sitamarhi district, the police said.
Meanwhile, the truck driver and the conductor are currently absconding. “The truck, meanwhile, has been seized,” a police official told.
The police are investigating the matter.
Further details are awaited.