Lucknow, March 3 -- Six people from Rajasthan were killed and seven others - including four children - injured when a private double-decker bus rammed into a moving van on the Yamuna Expressway in Uttar Pradesh's Hathras district early Tuesday, police said.

Hathras additional superintendent of police RP Kushwaha said the accident took place around 4am near milestone 141, close to Garhi Hariya village under Sadabad police station limits. The bus was travelling from Delhi to Gorakhpur, while the van was heading from Delhi to Rajakhera in Dholpur district of Rajasthan. All 13 occupants of the van were residents of Dholpur and were returning home to celebrate Holi.

Police said the impact flung the van nearly 10 feet off the road, crushing i...