5 of a family killed in car-truck collision in UP

Jaunpur (Uttar Pradesh), July 13 (IANS) Five people belonging to a marriage party were killed on Tuesday morning when the car they were travelling in, collided head on with a truck coming from the opposite direction.The incident took place in the Jalalpur police circle on the Varanasi-Lucknow national highway.Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has expressed grief over the incident.The deceased were returning from a wedding ceremony in Varanasi when the car driver apparently fell asleep. One person was seriously injured in the mishap.The car turned into a mangled heap of metal and gas cutters had to be used to bring out the bodies.A police spokesman said that the bodies, all from one family, have been sent for post mortem and further investigations are underway.
--IANS amita/dpb