GORAKHPUR, April 22 -- Six people, including four members of the family, were killed and two others sustained critical injuries after a car rammed into a tree in Kushinagar district on Sunday night, police informed on Monday.

According to police reports, the accident occurred around 11:30 pm near Bhauji Shukla village, when a four-wheeler carrying eight passengers was on its way from Padrauna to Khadda for a wedding ceremony. The collision was so intense that rescue teams had to deploy cutters to extract the injured and deceased from the wreckage.

Three passengers died on the spot, while three others succumbed to their injuries during treatment at the Community Health Centre (CHC). The deceased have been identified as Harendra, Yogendra...