PRAYAGRAJ, March 8 -- A 21-year-old scooter rider was killed Saturday morning after a speeding container truck lost control on a highway overbridge near Athsaray village in Kaushambi district. The victim was dragged nearly 20 metres by the truck within the jurisdiction of the Saini police station.

He has been identified as Arjun Singh (21), son of Suresh Singh, resident of Civil Line Chowraha, Fatehpur.

According to police, the container truck was travelling from Prayagraj to Kanpur when the accident took place around 8 am on the Athsaray overbridge. The driver reportedly lost control of the vehicle-possibly after dozing off-causing the truck to mount the divider and veer into the opposite lane of the national highway.

Witnesses said t...