India, July 5 -- In a major road accident on the Meerut-Badaun highway in UP's Sambhal district, an SUV carrying a wedding party slammed into the wall of a college, killing eight people on the spot, including the groom, a teenager and two young children.

The accident occurred near Junawai town on Friday evening, when a Mahindra Bolero carrying 10 people from Hargovindpur village rammed into the boundary wall of Janata Inter College, purportedly after the driver lost control. The vehicle was part of a wedding procession heading to Sirsoul village in Badaun district.

The deceased include: Suraj Pal (20), the groom; Ravi (28), Asha (26), Sachin (22), Madhu (20), Komal (15), Aishwarya (3), and Ganesh (2).

Eyewitnesses said that the car was...