Sultanpur, Oct. 4 -- Four people carrying the body of a soldier were killed in a road accident on Purvanchal Expressway near Haliapur on the Ayodhya border on Sunday.

The deceased included the soldier's only son, brother, cousin, and the ambulance driver.

The ambulance, traveling at 100 km/h, collided with a truck parked on the side of the expressway.

The impact of the collision was so severe that the ambulance was completely mangled. The cabin was completely crushed. The driver's body was trapped in the steering wheel. A police team arrived at the scene and cut open the ambulance. They then pulled out two bodies badly trapped in the front seat. Two people sitting in the back seat were taken to the hospital, where they also died during t...