A speeding truck collided with a jeep carrying passengers on Lakhimpur-Nanpara highway here, killing four people and injuring 11, police said Monday.
The accident occurred Sunday night when the vegetable traders were returning home from a local market here, Deputy Superintendent of Police Vijay Prakash said.
While Fariyad, Sajid and Aas Mohammad succumbed to injuries in a local hospital, Kamal died on the way to a hospital in Lucknow, Prakash said, adding all the deceased were aged between 22 and 25.
The truck driver has been arrested, he said.
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