KANPUR, April 19 -- Four members of a family were killed and two others critically injured when their car rammed into a stationary truck on National Highway-2 near Sujanipur crossing in Khaga, Fatehpur district, on Saturday morning. The victims, hailing from Jhansi, were enroute to Prayagraj to immerse the ashes of a family member in Sangam.

Police said the car, travelling at high speed, rammed into the rear portion of a truck parked on the roadside. The deceased were identified as Ram Kumar Bhargawa, 71, a retired railway official; his wife Kamlesh Bhargawa, 67; their son-in-law Parag Chaubey, 50; and the car's driver, Shubham Yadav, 35.

Fatehpur SP Dhawal Jaiswal said that police had to break open the vehicle's windows to rescue the o...