VARANASI, July 6 -- Two youths riding a bike were killed in a head-on collision between their bike and a speedy vegetable-laden pickup truck near Gajapur village under the Badagaon police station area in Varanasi on Sunday, police said.

According to the police, the deceased were identified as Satish 23, a resident of Sherwanipur, and Moolchand 25, a resident of Pater village in Badagaon area. On Sunday morning, they were traveling to Kuru on a motorcycle. Near Gajapur, they collided head-on with a pickup truck that was transporting vegetables from Kachhwa vegetable market to Pindra.

According to locals, the collision was so severe that both youths got trapped in the pickup and were dragged for some distance. When villagers raised an ala...