MEERUT, July 27 -- Three people were killed and nine others critically injured on Sunday evening when the car they were travelling in lost control and had a head-on collision with a truck on the Delhi-Lucknow highway in Uttar Pradesh's Hapur district, police said.

The accident occurred near Asli Seva Dhaba under the jurisdiction of Hapur's Garhmukteshwar Kotwali police station when the victims were going to Bijnor from Mustafabad, Delhi, to attend a marriage, they added.

The police identified the deceased as Md Sarfaraz and Afzal of Bijnor and Abrar of Delhi. However, the police did not give details about their age immediately.

"The injured are currently undergoing treatment and three casualties have been confirmed," said Hapur SP Vine...