Banda (UP), May 24 (PTI) Two people died and four others got injured in a road accident in Uttar Pradesh's Banda district on Saturday, police said.

Circle Officer Rajveer Singh said a passenger tempo collided with a dumper truck parked on the roadside of the Banda-Fatehpur highway, within the Tindwari police station jurisdiction.

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Six people who were travelling in the tempo got injured. They were immediatly rushed to a hospital by police, he said, adding that the doctors at the hospital declared Kallu (70), and Girija (60) dead.

CO Singh stated that the bodies have been sent for post-mortem. The injured are currently receiving treatment at a government hospital. Both vehicles involved in the accident have been seized by the police.

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