MEERUT, April 25 -- Four people were killed and 14 others were injured after a speeding dumper rammed into a tractor-trolley carrying wedding guests on the Moradabad-Sambhal highway near the Asadpur culvert under the Mainather police station limits in Moradabad district on Friday.

According to police officials, the victims were returning from a traditional pre-wedding ritual. Usha, a resident of Bhatola village in the Kailadevi police station area of Sambhal district, had traveled with her family to Gurair village in Mainather for her daughter's wedding functions.

The family set out early on Friday around 6 am in a tractor-trolley to return home. As they neared the Asadpur culvert, a high-speed dumper loaded with soil, approaching from ...