Five women were killed and 17 people sustained serious injuries after a speeding truck rammed a tractor-trolley carrying around 22 people in the Pisawan area of Uttar Pradesh's Sitapur district on Friday evening, The Times of India reported. The five women succumbed to their injuries while undergoing treatment at the Maholi community health centre.

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The collision took place at around 5 pm near Himmatnagar village in the Pisawan police station area. The impact overturned the tractor-trolley, throwing its occupants onto the road and trapping several beneath it, according to reports of the accident.

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The group was returning after attending a mundan (tonsure) ceremony in neighbouring Hardoi district, reports said. Police reached the spot after being alerted and arranged ambulances to shift the injured to the community health centre at Pisawan, from where the critically injured were treated, but doctors could not save five of them.

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The accident came on Dhanteras evening, at the start of the Diwali festival period, when roads across Uttar Pradesh carry heavy festive traffic. Reports did not immediately give details of any action against the truck driver, and further details were awaited from the district police.

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