8 killed in separate accidents in Uttar Pradesh

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Agra, December 7: Eight people were killed in separate accidents in Uttar Pradesh, police said on Friday.

Five people were killed after an SUV collided head-on with a truck near Khandauli on Agra-Aligarh road on Thursday evening, they said.

Police said three people died on the spot.

One of the injured died on the way to SN Medical College hospital and another succumbed during treatment, they added.

The SUV was headed to Agra from Aligarh while the truck, which was loaded with potatoes, was on its way to Hathras.

In the second incident, three members of a family were killed when their car hit the road divider and overturned, police said.

The family hailed from Faizabad and was headed to Ghaziabad. PTI