<p>Eight people, including a child, died and more than a dozen were injured on Sunday when the pickup van they were travelling in was hit by a speeding truck here, police said.</p>.<p>The accident took place near Khairkhata village on the Dalpatpur road under the Bhagatpur police station area, they said.</p>.<p>Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Hemraj Meena said a group of people were headed for a marriage function in the pickup-van when a truck hit it. Eight people died and around 15 more were injured, he added.</p>.<p>The injured were taken to the district hospital and five of them were referred to a private medical facility. There were 26 people in the vehicle, police said.</p>.<p>The district administration is making arrangements to ensure proper treatment of the injured, officials said.</p>
<p>Eight people, including a child, died and more than a dozen were injured on Sunday when the pickup van they were travelling in was hit by a speeding truck here, police said.</p>.<p>The accident took place near Khairkhata village on the Dalpatpur road under the Bhagatpur police station area, they said.</p>.<p>Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Hemraj Meena said a group of people were headed for a marriage function in the pickup-van when a truck hit it. Eight people died and around 15 more were injured, he added.</p>.<p>The injured were taken to the district hospital and five of them were referred to a private medical facility. There were 26 people in the vehicle, police said.</p>.<p>The district administration is making arrangements to ensure proper treatment of the injured, officials said.</p>