Basti (UP), Mar 10 (PTI) Five persons were killed while three others sustained serious injuries in a road accident on National Highway-27 here on Monday, police said.

The accident occurred around 7 am near a Tata Agency in Gotwa under the City police station limits when a truck (RJ 18 GB 5710) heading towards Ayodhya from Basti changed lanes and collided with an SUV (GJ 17 BH 3923) coming from the opposite direction, officials said.

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Senior police officers, including the circle officer of Kalwari, and station house officer of Nagar police station, have reached the spot and launched a rescue operation.

Traffic on one lane of the highway was disrupted before being restored. The victims are yet to be identified, police said.

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