Bareilly (UP), Jun 12 (PTI) A woman was killed and four people, including a newlywed couple, were injured in a road accident on the Bareilly-Nainital highway here on Monday, police said.

Ramesh Kumar (25), a resident of a village in Bhuta police station area, was returning with his family from Uttarakhand's Haldwani after his marriage when suddenly a woman came in front of their car near the Bhojipura police station, SHO Ajay Pal Singh said.

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Ramesh's brother-in-law Avaneesh who was driving the car lost control of the vehicle and it rammed into a roadways bus after hitting the woman, he said.

The woman died on the spot due to a head injury, the SHO said.

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The police admitted all four occupants of the car to a hospital for treatment. Avneesh's condition is said to be critical, he said.

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