KANPUR, May 4 -- As many as eight members of a family from Lalitpur were killed and two others seriously injured on Monday morning after their car crashed into another vehicle on the Kalpi-Orai stretch in Jalaun district, police said.

The car, carrying 10 passengers, all reportedly from the same family, was returning from a pilgrimage to Ayodhya when the accident took place near Jolhupur turn in Kalpi around 7 am.

Police said the driver allegedly fell asleep at the wheel, causing the vehicle to lose control and collide with a moving vehicle ahead. Four passengers died on the spot, while four others succumbed during treatment.

Rajesh Kumar Pandey, Jalaun district magistrate, said two of the deceased have been identified so far. Authorit...