Sitapur (UP), Nov 23 (PTI) Four persons died in a road accident on the National Highway-24 here on Thursday evening, police said.

The victims, residents of Faizabad, were coming from Uttarakhand when they collided with a truck ladened with concrete spun pipes, Sitapur Superintendent of Police Chakresh Mishra said.

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The car was on the wrong side and after the collision, the concrete pipes fell on the car and it turned turtle and fell in a ditch, he said.

The injured were rushed to a hospital where they were declared dead, police said.

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The truck driver fled from the spot soon after the accident leaving the vehicle behind, the SP said, adding that further investigations are on.

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