At least five people, including a two-year-old child, were killed, and 10 others were critically injured after a speeding roadways bus collided with a Maruti Omni van in Uttar Pradesh’s Lakhimpur Kheri district on Sunday morning, officials said.

The accident occurred near Oil town on the state highway connecting Lakhimpur to Lucknow, under the Kheri police station area.

According to officials, construction work was underway on one side of the road, forcing two-way traffic to move on a single lane.

During this time, the bus travelling from Lakhimpur to Lucknow rammed into the van coming from Sitapur.

The impact of the head-on collision was devastating. The van, which had a seating capacity of seven, was carrying 15 passengers at the time, according to police.

Five people died on the sp

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