5 killed as car rams into truck in UP

Bareilly (Uttar Pradesh), June 21 (IANS) Five persons were killed when the car they were travelling in collided with a truck near Ahladpur chowki here on Tuesday morning.All the deceased youth were in their thirties and were coming to Bareilly from Uttarakhand to offer prayers at a dargah.They have been identified as Mohd Sagir, Muzammil, Mohd Tahir, Imran Khan and Mohd Farid. They are residents of Ramnagar in Uttarakhand.According to eyewitnesses, a tyre of the car burst after which the driver lost control and rammed into a truck.The police said that the bodies have been sent for post-mortem and the family members of the deceased have been informed.Traffic on the highway was blocked for a few hours before the mangled vehicle was removed.
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