Nine members of a family were killed and three others injured when a SUV on which they were traveling, collided with a truck on Meerut-Karnal highway in Shamli on Tuesday morning. The occupants were returning to Meerut after paying obeisance at Vaishno Devi temple.
As per reports, the driver of the SUV lost control over his steering and as a result, the vehicle jumped the divider and collided with a truck coming from the opposite direction near Laxmanpur village under Jhijhana police station area early Tuesday morning. The truck overturned as a result of the massive impact of the collision.
The police said that seven passengers of the SUV, including four women and a child, died on t he spot while two others succumbed at a hospital. The truck driver was also critically injured and had to be hospitalised.
The deceased were identified as Sangita, Premwati, Jai Kishan, Jai Dev, Nidhi, Neetu, Savtri Devi and Jai Ram Tevetia along with two-year-old Honey. The victims hailed from different localities of Meerut city.