Lucknow, Sept. 21 -- Two people were killed and six others injured after a speeding SUV collided with an e-rickshaw in the Cantonment area of the state capital Lucknow, police sources said here today.

They said Mohit (23) and Umesh Sahu (26), both residents of Nigohan's Uttarwan, died in the accident that took place late on Saturday evening. "Mohit got married in February this year and his wife is pregnant," they said.

The injured, identified as Bhupendra, Ansh, Pramod, Anuj and Sumit Yadav, were taken to the KGMU Trauma Center.

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