Ballia (UP), Oct 10 (PTI) A man was killed and his wife seriously injured after a speeding car ran over them in here in Nagara area, police said on Friday.

According to police, the incident took place near the CHC turn on the Nagara-Garwar road in Ballia, Uttar Pradesh, where Khurshid (55) and his wife Shamim Ara (52) were sitting outside their house. A car coming from the Garwar side lost control and hit the couple before overturning in a nearby field.

Both sustained serious injuries and were taken by locals to the nearby primary health centre, from where they were referred to a hospital in Mau.

Khurshid succumbed to his injuries during treatment in Mau, police said.

Station House Officer (SHO) Ajay Kumar Tripathi said the body has been sent for post-mortem and the car involved in the

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