6 Killed As Car Rams Into Truck On Ayodhya-Lucknow Highway

It is suspected that the driver, who was driving at a very high speed, dozed off at the wheel and missed the truck parked on the roadside.

Five members of a family were among six people killed when a car rammed into a stationary truck on the Ayodhya-Lucknow highway early Wednesday, police said.

The family was returning after attending a wedding in Surat when the accident took place near village Narayanpur.

Additional Superintendent of Police, Purnendu Singh, said the driver of the car was among those killed.

It is suspected that the driver, who was driving at a very high speed, dozed off at the wheel and missed the truck parked on the roadside.