Six persons were today killed and six others injured when a jeep collided with a motorcycle in Narhi area here, police said.
The incident occurred on Buxar-Ballia road at Sohav village in Uttar Pradesh's Ballia district when a speeding passenger jeep coming from Buxar, located in Bihar, collided with a motorcycle and dashed into a roadside tree, killing four passengers in the jeep and two bikers, they said.
Among the six injured, the condition of three was stated to be critical, police said adding that the bodies have been sent for post-mortem.
The identity of the victims was yet to be ascertained, they added.