Ayodhya: Three devotees were killed and eight others were seriously injured when an SUV carrying pilgrims to Ayodhya collided with a tractor-trolley on Thursday morning, police said.

The accident occurred around 5 am on the Ayodhya-Prayagraj highway near Kalyan Bhadarsa village.

Purakalandar police station in-charge Manoj Sharma said the SUV, carrying 11 people from Madhya Pradesh's Rewa district and travelling from Sultanpur towards Ayodhya, veered into the opposite lane after the driver allegedly fell asleep and crashed into an tractor-trolley head-on.

He said eight of the people, travelling in the SUV, were flung out of the vehicle in the collision. They were taken to a nearby community health centre and later referred to the district hospital, where doctors said some remain in criti

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