GORAKHPUR, July 14 -- Four devotees returning from Deoghar, Jharkhand, were killed and two others were seriously injured after their car crashed into a stationary tractor-trolley near Baghi village under the jurisdiction of Patharwa police station in Kushinagar district on Sunday, said police.

The deceased have been identified as Ram Karan Gupta (50), a revenue officer; Sujeet Jaiswal (55), a village development officer (VDO); Kailash Mani Tripathi (50), a government school teacher and Manoj Kumar (40), a village head.

All four victims died on the spot due to the intensity of the collision. The injured, identified as Rajesh Sharma and Prashant Kumar, were rushed to the district hospital in Kushinagar, where they are currently undergoing...