6 Killed in Tempo-Truck Collision in UP's Budaun, 5 Rushed to Hospital

Budaun: At least six people, including four of a family, were killed when a tempo y were travelling in was hit by a tractor in Mujaria area here Thursday morning, police said.

Five injured were rushed to district hospital.

party was returning home to celebrate Diwali .

victims, who worked as vegetable vendors in Noida, were travelling in a three-wheeled loer tempo which collided with a tractor-trolley.

A speeding car n struck loer, making chance of an escape even narrower.

Atul, 31, from Mirzapur, Kanhai, 35, from Bareilly, his wife Kusum, 30, and ir children, Kartik and Sheenu, aged eight and five, died in collision, according to Budaun District Magistrate Nidhi Srivastav.

sixth deceased is yet to be identified, she said.

A search is on for tractor driver who fled after incident.