India, July 12 -- Four information technology (IT) professionals from Delhi died and three others were seriously injured early on Saturday when their car crashed into a parked truck on the roadside in the Rampur district of Uttar Pradesh, local police said.

Rampur superintendent of police Somendra Meena said the exact cause of the crash was still being determined but indicated the road may have been dark. "CCTV footage from the area is being examined."

The police identified the deceased as Delhi residents Abhishek Agnihotri, 28, Kartik Rajput, 32, Neeraj Singh, 31, and Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, 27. The injured - identified by the police as Kamal, Vishal and Jatin - received first aid at a community health centre (CHC) before being referred t...