The incident took place when the driver of the speeding jeep, en route to Deoria from Sitapur carrying 11 members of a marriage party, lost control over the vehicle and it hit the truck parked along Gorakhpur national highway, they said.

While four men and a five-year-old girl died on the spot, seven others passengers were seriously injured, police said.

  

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First Published: Jun 27 2012 | 9:35 PM IST

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