10 dead in head-on collision between van and truck in UP’s Lakhimpur Kheri

Mangalore Today News Network

Lakhimpur, May 18, 2026: At least ten people were killed after a van collided head-on with a truck on the Sisaiya-Lakhimpur national highway on Monday, police said.

 The accident occurred between Unchgaon and Bharehta villages while the van was travelling from Lakhimpur to Sisaiya, according to news agency PTI. 

Circle Officer of Dhaurahra, Shamsher Bahadur Singh, said the injured were rushed to the district hospital.

 "Today at 7 AM, a road accident occurred on Lakhimpur-Bahraich highway, where a collision occurred between a truck and a van... Multiple people died in the incident," he stated.