India, July 16 -- LUCKNOW Barely a day after the Lucknow-Kanpur Expressway opened to traffic, the high-speed corridor witnessed its first fatal crash, prompting NHAI to tighten surveillance after two young men on a motorcycle entered the access-controlled expressway despite a complete ban on two and three-wheelers.

The victims, Himanshu Singh, 25, of Arjunamau in Unnao's Sohramau area and Shailendra Singh, 24, of Sandila in Hardoi, allegedly entered the expressway through the Darogakhera-Junabganj access point while returning home from Lucknow on Wednesday evening. Around 6pm, near the 20.5-km mark in the Banthra area, their motorcycle was hit by a speeding vehicle reportedly travelling on the wrong side.

Banthra police and NHAI personn...