Meerut, July 8 -- Three young men from Delhi were killed and another was critically injured after a speeding car flipped multiple times and plunged into a roadside ditch on the Delhi-Dehradun National Highway in Meerut's Daurala area on Tuesday.

Police said a preliminary investigation indicates the accident was triggered by a tyre burst.

According to police, the Delhi-registered car was travelling at high speed when its front tyre burst, causing the driver to lose control. The vehicle overturned several times before falling into a roadside ditch.

All four occupants of the car were rushed to a nearby hospital. Doctors declared two of the victims dead on arrival, while a third succumbed to injuries during treatment. The fourth occupant, ...