NEW DELHI — At least 20 people were killed and over two dozen injured Friday in three separate road accidents in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, police said.
In Pilibhit district, six were killed and five injured after a car carrying them crashed into a tree and fell into a ditch around midnight, a police official said, adding that in Chitrakoot, another six were killed and five injured when a vehicle collided head-on with a truck.
The police official added that eight passengers traveling in a private bus were killed and 19 others injured when the bus struck a water tanker in Kannauj district.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath expressed his condolences to the families of the victims and wished for the speedy recovery of those injured in these mishaps.
Deadly road accidents are common in India often caused due to overloading, bad condition of roads and reckless driving.
Around 150,000 people are killed every year in about half a million road accidents across India, officials said.
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