PRAYAGRAJ, March 28 -- Eight people, including three children, were killed and dozens injured when a speeding pickup truck rammed into a container truck near Dorma village under the Saini Kotwali police station limits in Kaushambi district on Friday.

The victims, who were travelling in the pickup, were returning to Fatehpur from Prayagraj after attending a child's mundan ceremony held during the Ram Navami festival. Dozens of passengers were injured and were admitted to the hospital by the police, while the bodies of the deceased were sent for postmortem examination.

A total of 30 people were travelling in the vehicle.

Rajan, a resident of Kurouli in Jafarganj, Fatehpur, had taken his family and relatives to the Sangam in Prayagraj on ...