UP road accident leaves six dead, 12 injured

Mathura (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Jan. 09 (ANI): At least six people, including four women, were killed and 12 injured after a mini pick-up truck collided head-on with a tractor in Mathura's Surir town on Monday.

The accident took place when the driver of the truck, carrying all the victims, lost control of the vehicle and collided head-on with the tractor coming from the opposite direction on a single-lane road yesterday evening.

According to police, the victims, residents of Vidyapur village of Hathras district, were returning from the funeral prayers of a relative when the mishap took place near the Heaton Clinic on the Raya-Nawazil route.

The tractor driver has been detained by the Surir Police.

The bodies have been sent for the post mortem.(ANI)

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