India News | Three Killed, 5 Hurt as Car Hits Truck in UP's Hardoi

Hardoi (UP), Dec 8 (PTI) Three people died and five others were injured when the car they were travelling in rammed into a stationary truck on the Hardoi-Shahjahanpur road, police said on Tuesday.

The incident took place late Monday night when the car occupants were returning to Shahjahanpur from Lucknow after attending a wedding ceremony, they said.

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Superintendent of Police Anurag Vats said eight people were travelling in the "speeding" car.

Three of them -- identified as Devendra (25), Sunil Kumar (33) and Akhilesh (50) -- died in the accident, while the remaining five were injured, the SP said.

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