Lakhimpur Kheri, May 7 -- Four persons, including three women, were killed while five others were seriously injured when a truck collided head-on with an auto at Aira bridge on the Sharda, on national highway 730, under the Khamaria police limits on Thursday evening.

Khyati Garg, senior superintendent of police (SSP) told Hindustan Times that the deceased were identified as Ram Devi (42), a resident of Khaniyapur village in Sitapur district, Jahira (32), Chhotanni (35), residents of Maharajnagar village, under the Dhaurahra police limits of Kheri, and Shyam Lal (55) of Hardi village under Dhaurahra police limits.

The accident left Jahira's son and daughter, Chhotu and Khalikun, Akhtar Ali, Sharma Devi and Aishwarya Awasthi injured, she ...