Guwahati News Desk: A car collided with a stationary truck killing fourteen people, including seven children around 70 km from Pratapgarh district headquarters on the Lucknow-Allahabad highway on Friday.
The victims were returning from a wedding function in the Nawabganj area of Pratapgarh in late Thursday night when the road accident took place.
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath extending ex gratia of Rs two lakhs to those killed in the crash, directed senior officials to reach the spot and extend all possible help.
The district police identified the deceased as Bablu (22), Naan Bhaiya (45), Dinesh Yadav (40) and his sons Pawan (10) and Aman (7), Ram Samujh (40), Daya Ram (40), Abhimanyu (28), Mithilesh (17), Gaurav (10), Ansh (9), Sachin and Himanshu (both aged 12), and driver Paras Nath Yadav (40).