Jamshedpur (PTI): A six-year-old girl was killed, and over a dozen others were injured when the pick-up van they were travelling in hit a road divider in Jharkhand's East Singhbhum district, police said on Friday.

The pick-up van was returning to Turiabeda from Tusu fair when the driver lost control of the vehicle and hit the road divider on NH 33 near Jamshedpur on Thursday evening, the police said.

The minor girl died on the spot, while the injured were shifted to MGM Hospital here for treatment, they said.

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Lucknow (PTI): Adverse weather forced an IndiGo Kolkata-Patna flight to make an emergency landing at Lucknow airport on Friday, airport sources said.

According to airport officials, weather conditions in Patna deteriorated suddenly on Friday afternoon, affecting flight operations.

IndiGo flight 6E 6917 from Kolkata, which was scheduled to land in Patna at 3.50 pm, could not land due to bad weather and kept circling in the air after failing to get clearance from air traffic control, they said.

The flight was later diverted to Lucknow and landed safely at the Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport at around 5.15 pm. There were 180 passengers and six crew members on board, officials said.

The aircraft was later allowed to depart for Patna after weather conditions improved.