PATNA:, Nov. 26 -- Six persons were killed and seven others injured after a speeding truck rammed into an autorickshaw on the Sheikhpura-Sikandra highway under Town police station limits in Sheikhpura on Tuesday, police said.

Police said the accident occurred around 1 pm when an autorickshaw carrying 13 passengers collided with a truck on the national highway. Six persons died and seven sustained injuries. The injured were referred to Vardhman Medical College and Hospital in Pawapuri, where four are stated to be in a critical condition. "At the time of the accident, both vehicles were travelling at a speed of around 80 kilometres per hour," a police officer said.

All the injured were first taken to the Sadar Hospital, where doctors decl...