LUCKNOW, May 31 -- At least six people, including three members of a family, died and seven others were injured when a speeding car lost control and fell into a roadside pit while returning from a wedding ceremony in Uttar Pradesh's Hardoi district. The accident occurred on the intervening night of Friday and Saturday, nearly 30 kilometres from the district headquarters, near Bhuppa Purwa turn, police said.

Hardoi circle officer (CO) Shahabad, Anuj Mishra, confirmed the deaths of Jitendra, 28, his brother Akash, 24, and Jitendra's son Siddharth, 6, who was a Class 2 student at Shankar Lal Bal Vidya Mandir. The three were part of a group returning home after attending the wedding of their neighbour Neeraj.

Three other deceased, Ramu, 35,...