Eight members of a family was killed and four seriously injured in Uttar Pradesh on Monday when the car they were travelling in rammed into a stationary truck.
The accident occurred near Saiyan, nearly 22 km from Agra, when the family was travelling to Soron, a pilgrimage point in Etah district, to immerse the ashes of a family member in the river Ganges.
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The four injured have been admitted to SN Medical College in Agra.
Police officials here ascribed driver fatigue as a probable cause of the accident.
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