SHRAVASTI/VARANASI, Aug. 11 -- Seven people, including five women and a one-year-old child, were killed and five others were seriously injured in two separate accidents in Shravasti and Bhadohi districts on Monday.

In the Shravasti district, five people, including a one-year-old child and three women, lost their lives when a speeding tractor-mixer coming from the opposite direction collided head-on with a motorcycle carrying six people at Jamunaha-Bahraich road in the Hardatt Nagar Girant police station area. Another woman sustained serious injuries and was taken to the district hospital for treatment.

Police said that Vijay Verma (30), a resident of Mangal Purva village under Risia police station area in Bahraich district, was travelli...