India, May 4 -- At least eight people were killed and several others injured on Monday when a speeding car rammed into a group of people who had gathered to rescue victims of an earlier motorcycle collision on the Akbarpur-Jalalpur road in Uttar Pradesh's Ambedkar Nagar district.

According to police officials, the first incident occurred around 12am near Ashrafpur locality, where two motorcycles collided head-on. The impact left both riders critically injured. Hearing the crash, locals and passersby rushed to the spot to assist the injured.

However, minutes later, a car approaching from the Jalalpur side lost control and veered into the crowd of rescuers and onlookers standing along the roadside.The vehicle ploughed through the group, k...