Banda: Seven people died and one was injured when a speeding SUV rammed into a stationary truck here, a senior police official said on Friday.
The accident took place on Thursday night near the Pahadiya Dai temple on Kamasin Road when the family of a man, who had suffered an electric shock, was taking him to the hospital, said Rakesh Kumar Singh, Deputy Superintendent of Police, Baberu.
While five occupants of the SUV died on the spot, two succumbed to their injuries in hospital. One person was injured, he said.