Lakhimpur/Sitapur (UP), Nov. 15 -- Three youths riding together on a single motorcycle were hit by a speeding car in the wee hours of Saturday near Bhanupar village on the Palia-Bheera road.
The trio, two private bus drivers and a conductor, were returning home to Palia when the accident occurred.
According to police, the motorcycle had just reached the Bhanupar area under Bheera police limits when a fast-approaching car from the opposite direction struck them and plunged into a ditch. The injured men remained on the road for a long time before help arrived.
Police rushed all three to the Bijua Community Health Center (CHC), where doctors declared two of them dead on arrival. The third victim was referred to the district hospital, but he...