NEW DELHI: A newlywed couple returning home after their wedding were among seven people killed in a road accident in north India in the early hours of Saturday (Nov 16).

Four other deceased belonged to the same family, while the seventh person who died was the driver of the ill-fated vehicle.

The accident took place on the national highway no. 74 in the Dhampur area of ​​Bijnor district in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, when the family was returning home from the eastern state of Jharkhand with the newly married couple.

The family had hired a three-wheeler called an auto-rickshaw from Moradabad railway station after returning by train from the wedding in Jharkhand.

According to local police, the accident happened after a mini-SUV hit the rickshaw at high speed while overtaking another vehicle.

The driver of the mini-SUV was also injured in the accident and admitted to a local hospital.

The local police arrested him for reckless and careless driving. – Xinhua