AMETHI: Two people were killed and six others injured in a road accident on Tanda-Banda national highway under
Gauriganj police station area here on Thursday afternoon, police said.
Siddiq (50) and
Mohammad Jameel (52) were on their way to
Sultanpur along with six others, including three women, when the
jeep in which they were travelling dashed into a
roadside tree, Gauriganj police station sub inspector PC Gautam said.
Both men died on the spot, he said, adding that the victims belonged to a village in
Rae Bareli district.
All the injured have been admitted to the district hospital, he added.