Gorakhpur, September 27: Five teachers, including two women were killed and eight others injured in a road accident in this Uttar Pradesh district this morning.
All the deceased were heading towards Maharajganj when the jeep they were travelling in collided head-on-with a truck coming from the opposite direction near Bargadai bridge under Gulharia police circle, 25 kms away from district headquarters.
The deceased were teachers of Navodaya Vidyalaya, Maharajganj.
Suprintendent of Police (SP) city Banwari Lal told UNI that the injured had been admitted to the B R D Medical College, where condition of seven was stated to be serious.
Bodies had been sent for post-morten.
—Agencies