Sitapur (UP), March 14 Three men were killed after an unidentified vehicle hit their motorcycle here on Saturday evening, police said.
The accident occurred near Basura village in the Rampur Mathura area when Golu (30) and his cousins – Kuldeep (27) and Sujit (25) – were on their way to attend their uncle's wedding, they said.
According to police, the unidentified vehicle rammed into the motorcycle from behind. This caused the three riders to be thrown off the motorcycle and suffer severe head and facial injuries.
The vehicle fled the scene after the collision. A police team reached the spot upon receiving information from locals and took the injured to the Community Health Centre in Rampur Mathura, where doctors declared them dead, a police officer said.
Rampur Mathura station house officer Shyamu Kanojia said the three died in the accident. Their bodies have been sent for post-mortem examination, and efforts are underway to trace the unidentified vehicle.
A case has been registered under relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, and further investigation is in progress, he added.