UP: 5 killed as car rams into tree, says cops

A vehicle rammed into a tree near Uttar Pradesh killing 5 people on Monday, police said.

According to the police, the accident took place in Khamaria village on the Bilhaur-Katra highway.

The Superintendent of Police of Hardoi, Durgesh Kumar Singh said that it appears that the driver lost control while driving which resulted in the crash.

"A total of four persons and a four-year-old child were going from Barakanth village to Nayagaon in a vehicle, but on the way, their vehicle lost control and collided with a tree. All of them were brought to the hospital and were declared dead...Further action is being taken," he said. 

#WATCH | Hardoi, UP: Five people of the same family died when their vehicle lost control on the Bilhaur-Katra highway and hit a tree.

Durgesh Kumar Singh (SP, Hardoi) says, "A total of four persons and a four-year-old child were going from Barakanth village to Nayagaon in a… pic.twitter.com/fBfUG0FkGV

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Singh also said that gas cutters were used to collect the bodies from the car wreckage while adding that efforts were made to recognise the dead bodies.