India, June 12 -- Five people were killed and four others sustained injuries after an SUV ploughed through a group of villagers helping an accident victim on the Gonda-Lucknow highway in Uttar Pradesh's Gonda district, police said on Thursday.

District magistrate Priyanka Niranjan said an inquiry has been launched into the incident, which took place late on Wednesday. According to police, the group of villagers were helping Sanjay Tiwari, 33, a clerk posted at Karnailganj tehsil and a resident of Tarhata village, who was allegedly hit from behind by a dumper while returning home on his motorcycle around 10.30 pm. As villagers were carrying Tiwari across the road to arrange treatment around 10.45pm, police said a Delhi-registered SUV trav...