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At least six were killed and five are reported to be seriously injured following an accident in Uttar Pradesh's Baduan. The accident took place after a tempo crashed into a pickup van.

According to a report by Jagran.com, locals rushed the injured to the Community Health Centre nearby hospital after the incident happened, and the conditions of some among the injured is said to be critical.

"Five people have died in an accident between a tampo and pick up van, under Mujariya PS limits, in the morning hour...injured have been admitted in Community Health Center (CHC)...Further investigation is underway," said Sanjeev Kumar, CO City, Budaun.

A speeding car then struck the loader, making the chance of an escape even narrower.

Atul, 31, from Mirzapur, Kanhai, 35, from Bareilly, his wife Kusum, 30, and their children, Kartik and Sheenu, aged eight and five, died in the collision, according to Budaun District Magistrate Nidhi Srivastav.

The victims, who worked as vegetable vendors in Noida, were travelling in a three-wheeled loader tempo which collided with a tractor-trolley.

Further investigation into the accident is currently ongoing.

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Earlier on October 21, three people died in a collusion between two speeding motorcycles.

Additionally, in another incident, two people died and 20 others were seriously injured after a private bus plunged into a ravine on the Balrampur road in Dheberua police station area in Siddharthnagar in Uttar Pradesh. Emergency services, along with police, SSB personnel, and local residents, rushed to the scene to assist with rescue operations.

(With inputs from agency)