A man was killed and seven people, including a woman, were seriously injured on Sunday in a head-on collision between two speeding cars in Uttar Pradesh's Amethi district, the police said.
The accident took place on the Varanasi-Lucknow National Highway in Amethi's Kathaura area, they said.
The deceased was identified as Pradip Kumar (50), a resident of Kanpur, SHO of Kamrauli police station Prahlad Singh said.
All the injured were rushed to a hospital from where two of them were referred to the trauma centre in Lucknow, the police said.
Construction work is underway at the Varanasi-Lucknow National Highway for its four-laning.
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