Nine people killed due to electric shock in UP

About a dozen members of the marriage party were sleeping on top of a bus when the electric wire fell on them.

Nine members of a marriage party were killed and three others injured when a high tension electric wire fell on them early on Sunday morning, police said.

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About a dozen members of the marriage party were sleeping on top of a bus when the electric wire fell on them, setting the vehicle afire, Senior Superintendent of Police, Kanpur, PC Meena said.

The marriage party had arrived at Pathakpur village from Kannoj.