Sant Kabir Nagar, May 23 (PTI) Four members of a family were killed when their mini-truck rammed into a stationary tanker in Khalilabad in Uttar Pradesh's Sant Kabir Nagar district on Sunday, police said.

Sandeep Kumar, a resident of Deoria district of Uttar Pradesh, was working in Punjab, and owing to restrictions imposed there, he was returning along with his family members in the mini-truck, Circle Officer Anshuman Mishra.

Kumar's wife Gudhiya (28), sons Shani (10) and Abhimanyu (7), and mother-in-law Tara Devi died in the accident, while he was injured and has been hospitalised, police said.

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