Five persons were killed and two others injured in separate mishaps here, police said today.
In the first incident, three persons were killed on the spot and two others injured when the truck they were travelling in rammed into a stationary truck near the Aurai police station, Circle Officer Sushil Kumar said.
The deceased were identified as 23-year-old truck driver Devi Bind, Brijesh (28), and Ramakant (35).
In a separate incident in the same area, 30-year-old Shamim and 55-year-old Gulam Sarvar were killed when their scooter was hit by a truck, Kumar said.
The bodies of the victims have been sent for postmortem and a probe is on, he added.
