Nine people, including four children, died and a child was seriously injured after the MUV in which they were travelling rammed into a tree near Dharwad town in the early hours of Saturday, the police said. There were 14 people in the vehicle at the time of the accident, they revealed. The incident took place around 1.30 am near Bada village when the driver of the Force Trax cruiser lost control of the vehicle and rammed it into a tree, the police said.