LUCKNOW, Sept. 3 -- Three members of a family, including two children, were killed in Barachh village under Karwi police station limits of Chitrakoot, while two children died and their father was seriously injured in Kanpur Dehat, in incidents of wall collapse, late on Wednesday night.

In Chitrakoot, the deceased were identified as Kallu Yadav, 32, his five-year-old son, Ansh and one-year-old daughter, Kalli. His wife Kunta Devi, 30, and their four-year-old daughter Anshika sustained serious injuries in the incident and were admitted to the district hospital.

According to villagers, the family was asleep when the wall of the house, built at the foothills of a hill, suddenly collapsed. Hearing their cries, local residents rushed to the s...