Pratapgarh (UP), Sept 5 (ZEENEWS.COM) Ten persons, including a security guard and driver of former MP Ratna Singh, were killed and 14 injured in separate accidents in Pratapgarh and Barabanki districts on Monday.

The jeep carrying the security guards of Ratna Singh, who was travelling in another vehicle, dashed into a roadside tree while trying to overtake a truck on Kalakanker-Allahabad road near Manikapur area, police said.

While the security guard and driver of the former MP died on the spot, six seriously injured were admitted to hospital, police said.

In Barabanki, four persons travelling in a mini truck were killed and six others seriously injured when the vehicle fell into a canal after hitting a tree in Rasauli area, Superintendent of Police S B Sheredkar said.

In another accident, four persons were killed and two injured when their car collided with a truck in Asandra police station area, the SP said, adding the injured were referred to the Lucknow Medical College Hospital.