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Uttar Pradesh: Eight killed, 15 injured as truck hits pickup van in Moradabad

A group of people were on their way to a wedding function in the pickup van when the accident happened. A 14-year-old child is among those killed

|May 07, 2023, 20:53:39 IST

Moradabad: Eight people, including two teenagers, were killed and more than a dozen injured when a speeding truck hit the pickup van they were travelling in, police here said on Sunday.

The accident took place near the Khairkhata village on the Dalpatpur Road in the district's Bhagatpur area, they said.

A group of people were on their way to a wedding function in the pickup van when the accident occurred. Eight people were killed and around 15 injured, Senior Superintendent of Police Hemraj Meena said.

The victims have been identified as Razia (14), Muniza (18), Hanifa (42), Hukumat (60), Musrafa (25), Asif (40), Mohammad Alam (36) and Zubair (45).

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