LUCKNOW, June 15 -- Five people were killed and another person was injured when a speeding ambulance rammed into a stationary pick-up vehicle on the Purvanchal Expressway in Uttar Pradesh's Amethi early Sunday morning, senior police officials said.

The incident occurred near the 59.70 milestone on the expressway under Shukla Bazar police station limits when the ambulance, travelling from Nuh in Haryana and heading towards Samastipur in Bihar, rammed into the jeep from behind at around 5:30am on Sunday.

Expressing condolence over the deaths, U.P. chief minister Yogi Adityanath directed the administration to initiate relief operations immediately.

According to Amethi additional superintendent of police (ASP) Shailendra Kumar Singh, the a...