Seven killed, five injured in accident

Seven persons were killed and five others injured when a tempo was hit by a bus in Chaubepur area of Uttar Pradesh's Varanasi district, police said today.

Twelve persons seated in a tempo were injured after the three-wheeler was hit by a bus moving from Ghazipur towards Varanasi, about 270 kms from here, yesterday, they said.

All injured were rushed to a nearby hospital, where doctors declared Arvind Pathak (36), Ram Jatan Ram (45), Jamuna Yadav (50), Bablu (22), Usha Devi (34), Satish Yadav (13) and Subhash Chauhan, as brought dead.