Lucknow/Lakhimpur Kheri, May 19 -- Ten people, including two women, were killed after a speeding truck rammed into a Tata Magic van on the Lakhimpur-Bahraich National Highway-730 (NH-730) between Unchgaon and Bharehta villages, under the Isanagar police station area, in Lakhimpur Kheri district of Uttar Pradesh on Monday morning, police said. All those killed, including the driver, were in the van. The accident took place around 7.30 am, nearly 40 kilometres from the district headquarters, officials said. Lakhimpur Kheri district magistrate Anjani Kumar Singh told reporters that the van collided with the truck coming from the opposite direction, leading to nine casualties on the spot, while one succumbed to injuries at the district hospital. Dhaurhara circle officer (CO) Shamsher Bahadur Singh said the truck was seized and efforts were underway to trace the absconding driver. "The collision was extremely severe. Police teams reached the spot immediately after receiving information. The truck was taken into custody and a search was on for the driver, who fled after the accident," the circle officer said. Khamaria community health centre superintendent Dr Amit Kumar Singh said nine victims, including two women and seven men, were brought dead to the community health centre, while another critically injured man later succumbed during treatment at the district hospital. "Several bodies were badly crushed due to the impact of the collision. One critically injured man was referred to the district hospital, where he later died," Dr Singh said. Lakhimpuri Kheri senior superintendent of police Khyati Garg initially said nine of the deceased, including two women, were identified. She added that those killed included six people from Bahraich district - Jaiveer Singh (25) of Mangaunrhia village, Pawan Kumar (23) and Sohan (21), brothers from Ramvachanpurwa village, Rajesh Goyal (45) of Mihipurwa, Sahajram (35) of Kakarha and Pappu (18) of Devdattapur village - Gayatri Vaishya (44), a school teacher from Vijay Lakshmi Nagar locality in Sitapur, Adnan (19) of Sisaiya village and Zulekha (55) of Paltupurwa village, both from Lakhimpur Kheri district. The tenth deceased was later identified as Kailash Verma, 40, of Dhaurhara in Lakhimpur Kheri district. The impact of the collision dragged the Magic vehicle nearly 10 feet from the collision point. Eyewitnesses said passengers suffered severe head injuries, while some were trapped between the seats. Two occupants were reportedly thrown out onto the road due to the force of the crash....