Barabanki (UP), March 1 Three people were killed and five others were seriously injured when a car they were travelling in lost control on the Purvanchal Expressway in Barabanki district on Sunday and was involved in an accident, police said.
According to police, the accident occurred in the afternoon when the rear tyre of the car, an SUV, burst on the expressway near Nera Kabulpur village in the Loni Katra police station area, and the driver lost control of the vehicle, resulting in the accident.
Police said that all the people in the SUV were residents of Inayat Nagar, Sukhapur, in the Ayodhya district, and were returning from a satsang organised in Mohanlalganj, Lucknow.
The injured were taken to a community health center in Gosaiganj (Lucknow), where three were declared dead.
Police said that the identities of the deceased are being ascertained.
