Three killed in road accident in UP
Hamirpur, UP: Three persons were killed when their motorcycle was hit by a vehicle here, police said on Thursday.
The incident occurred late Wednesday night on Kanpur-Sagar National Highway (NH-34), they said.
"Three persons, identified as Vijay (22), Rambabu (28) and Sandeep (21), were returning to their village in the district from a nearby town in a motorcycle when they were hit by a vehicle," Station House Officer of Modaha Police Station Pawan Kumar Patel said.
Following the accident, a police team rushed to the spot and took the injured to a hospital.
"The doctors declared them brought dead," Patel said.
Police have sent the bodies for post-mortem and registered a case against the driver of the unidentified vehicle.
Police suspect that the motorcycle was hit by a speeding truck.
