Karnal, Jan. 7 -- Three young men from Delhi lost their lives after their scooter hit a truck from behind on the highway in Sonepat, police said on Tuesday. Identified as Deepak Kohli, 21, Parteek Kumar alias Tushar, 21, and Mayank Sharma, 19, the deceased were going to a dhaba in Murthal for partying as one of them had purchased an i-Phone, cops and a relative of one of the victims said.

The mishap took place near TDI City on Monday evening when the truck allegedly applied brakes all of a sudden, resulting in the death of the three men who were without helmets, the police said. Cops said the deceased were residents of Delhi's Krishan Vihar and lived in the same lane. While Deepak was a daily wager, the rest were college students, their ...