Bareilly (UP), February 22 Three people were killed and three others were critically injured here on Sunday when their car crashed into a tree while trying to avoid a pothole, police said.
The accident took place on the Delhi-Bareilly road in the Qila area, they said.
All six people were returning from a wedding ceremony in the Subhash Nagar area, Circle Officer Anjani Kumar said.
The deceased have been identified as Ramgulam (75), a resident of Moradabad district; Khemkaran (58), a resident of Rampur; and Moni (28), a resident of Rampur.
Moni's husband Govind (32), his two-year-old son Gyandeep, and another person, Ram Bahadur, were critically injured, Kumar said.
According to police, Govind was driving the car. When they reached Swale Nagar, a pothole appeared on the road. While trying to avoid it, Govind lost control of the car, which hit a tree.
Police shifted the injured to a hospital, where they are undergoing treatment.
The bodies of the deceased were handed over to relatives after post-mortem, they said.
