India, Aug. 23 -- Three men died while three sustained severe injuries after their car allegedly crashed into a truck from behind on the Eastern Peripheral Expressway (EPE) under the jurisdiction of the Dadri police station in Greater Noida late Thursday night, police said.

Police said the deceased have been identified as Lokesh Saraswat, who owned the car and Gautam Kumar, both residents of Faridabad in Haryana, and Gaurav (single name), a resident of Kosi Kalan in Mathura, all in their mid-20s. While injured Lalit Kumar, a resident of Palwal, is critical, Harvinder Singh and Kuldeep Kumar, both residents of Faridabad, in their early 30s, sustained hand and leg fractures.

The friends went to Haridwar in Uttarakhand and were returning t...