Kaushambi (UP), March 27 A pickup truck carrying devotees crashed into a stationary trailer truck on a national highway in the Kaushambi district on Friday, killing five women and three children, police said.
The accident occurred near the Doroma petrol pump, under the Saini police station area, around 4 pm.
The pickup vehicle, en route from Prayagraj to Fatehpur, crashed into a trailer parked on the side of the road, a local police official said.
The victims, residents of the Jahanabad-Bindki area in Fatehpur district, were returning home after visiting the 'Maa Sheetla' shrine at Kada Dham. They had earlier travelled to Prayagraj to attend a child's tonsure ceremony, the police said.
Around two dozen devotees, including women and children, were travelling in the pickup truck at the time of the incident, the official added.
Additional Director General of Police (Prayagraj Zone) Jyoti Narayan, who also reached the accident site, confirmed to