Kushinagar (UP) | Six people lost their lives and a minor boy sustained serious injuries in a head-on collision between a van and a truck in Uttar Pradesh's Kushinagar district late on Sunday night, police said.

SHO of Hata Dharmendra Singh on Monday said that the accident occurred around 11.00 pm on Sunday on Hata-Pipraich road, when the passengers of the ill-fated van were returning home from a 'tilak' ceremony. The impact of the head-on collision was so severe that the van was left badly damaged.

Upon receiving the information, police arrived at the scene and rushed the injured teenager to the hospital.

The deceased have been identified as Kanhaiya Prasad (40), Ramvilas (65), Ram Milan (35), Mridul Mishra (35), Ranjay Gupta (32) and Mithilesh Gupta (22), the police said, and added that all the deceased are from Kushinagar district.

Aryan (16) sustained serious injuries and is undergoing treatment at Kushinagar Medical College.

Efforts are on to nab the truck driver, who fled from the spot after the accident, the police said.