VARANASI, Feb. 9 -- Five persons, including two brothers, lost their lives in separate motorcycle accidents on Sunday night in Sonbhadra and Mirzapur districts, police said, with one crash involving a speeding truck and another caused after a bike hit a tree.

In Sonbhadra district, three people were killed after a speeding truck hit their motorcycle and ran over them near the Hinduari intersection under the Robertsganj police station area on the Varanasi-Shaktinagar road. The deceased were identified as Dayashankar Singh, 61, a retired principal, his elder brother Kamala Singh, 65, both residents of Tiliya village, and their relative Prem Singh, 63, a resident of Hinduwari.

Police said the three had gone to attend a wedding ceremony in ...