LUCKNOW, May 10 -- In a tragic incident in Amethi district, a bride's father and her relative were killed in a road accident on Friday evening just minutes before the wedding rituals were to begin at their home in Jagdishpur area.

According to police, the accident took place around 8 pm near Jais Mod on the Lucknow-Jaunpur highway, about 35 km from the district headquarters, when two motorcycles collided head-on.

Jagdishpur SHO Dhirendra Yadav said two persons died in the collision and the bodies were sent for postmortem examination. "Further legal action will be taken after receiving a complaint," he said.

Police identified the deceased as Gautam Kumar, 43, a resident of Pandit Ka Purwa village in Jagdishpur police station area, and h...