LUCKNOW, June 12 -- Five people were killed and four others injured after an SUV ploughed through a group of villagers helping an accident victim on the Gonda-Lucknow highway in Uttar Pradesh's Gonda district, late on Wednesday night, police said on Thursday.

Among the five dead was the injured man from the first accident, two brothers and an uncle-nephew pair who were assisting the injured man. The earlier road accident had taken place near Narayanpur Mod in the Karnailganj Kotwali area, about 35 km from the district headquarters.

According to police, the incident unfolded after Sanjay Tiwari, 33, a clerk posted at Karnailganj tehsil and a resident of Tarhata village, was allegedly hit from behind by a dumper while returning home on hi...