Barabanki, May 23 -- Four members of a family, including three children, were killed and a woman was seriously injured after a speeding truck trailer ran over people sleeping outside their house in Uttar Pradesh's Barabanki district during the intervening night of Friday and Saturday, police said.

Police said 35-year-old Neeraj died on the spot. Three children sleeping with him, 13-year-old Anurag, 10-year-old Anshika and 6-year-old Anshu also lost their lives in the accident.

According to local residents and eyewitnesses, the trailer was coming from the Mahmoodabad side at around 1 am when it went out of control. The vehicle allegedly crushed the family sleeping outside their home and later rammed into a roadside tree.

Neeraj's wife A...