4 killed, 9 injured in two-vehicle collision in Kanpur

Four people were killed and nine injured in a collision between a pickup van and a truck in Uttar Pradesh's Kanpur district on Wednesday, police said.

The collision took place at Afzalpur turn in Bidhnu area, they said.

Those killed in the accident were identified as Sadiq (55), his wife Shahnaz (45), Hajra (42) and Golu (4). The bodies have been sent for postmortem, police said.

The nine injured in the accident have been admitted to hospital, they added.