6 of a Family Killed in Accident While Returning from Marriage Ceremony

Lucknow: Six members of a family died in a road accident near Jagannathpur village on Sandalpur road in Uttar Pradesh’s Kanpur at wee hours of Monday.

The Swift Dezire car in which they were travelling overturned into a drain at around 2 am on Monday. The ill-fated family was returning from a wedding ceremony when they faced the deadly accident.

Two children were also injured in the accident. They were admitted to a hospital.

The police reached the spot and started an investigation after sending the bodies for post-mortem. According to police sources, the family was returning from Phulgaon in Bhind (Madhya Pradesh) after attending the ‘Tilak’ ceremony when the mishap took place.