Azamgarh (UP): Seven persons were on Sunday killed and four others seriously injured when a SUV collided with a roadways bus near Bheera Rajadepur village in Bardah area here, the police said.

The incident occurred around 5.40 am when an SUV carrying passengers from Ballia to Vidhyachal Dham in Mirzapur collided with the bus, they said.

Those killed were identified as Seema Yadav (40), Happy (1), Chhoti Yadav (4), Asha Rani (42), Yusuf (29), Anita (18) and Shivdulari, the police said.

The injured have been rushed to a hospital where their condition was stated to be stable, they said.

A probe is on in the matter, the police said, adding that bodies have been sent for post-mortem.