6 children among 14 dead in road accident in N. India 

NEW DELHI, 20 Nov


Fourteen people, including six children, died in a road accident in India's northern state of Uttar Pradesh early on Friday, local police said.


The accident occurred when a vehicle rammed into a stationary truck on the Prayagraj-Lucknow highway in Pratapgarh district.


According to local media, all the 14 victims, aboard the vehicle, were on the way home after attending a marriage party.


Following the accident, local police reached the spot and used a gas cutter to separate the mangled remains of the vehicle from the truck. It took almost two hours for the police to take out bodies, according to media. 


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