NEW DELHI, Oct 5 (NNN-PTI) – As many as eight people, including four members of a family, died, and a couple of others were injured, in a road accident in India’s northern state of Uttar Pradesh, yesterday, confirmed the local police.
The mishap occurred in the Phulpur area of the state, on the Varanasi-Lucknow highway, when a passenger’s vehicle collided head-on with a truck coming from the opposite direction.
One nine-year-old boy, who was severely injured in the accident was admitted to a local hospital. He was said to be in a critical condition.
According to official figures, nearly 150,000 people die in road accidents in India every year, which translates to nearly 17 such deaths every hour.
