Eight people, including a child, were charred to death in their SUV as it caught fire after hitting a truck in Bareilly district, the police said on Sunday.
The driver of the SUV lost control of the vehicle after a tyre puncture. It jumped the barrier onto the other side of the road and was hit by the truck coming from the opposite direction, they said.
The accident occurred late on Saturday near Dubhaura village in the Bhojipura area on the Bareilly-Nainital road, they added.
