3 dead, seven injured as SUV collides with motorcycles in UP's Sultanpur

On Sunday, 3 men died and seven more were injured when three motorcycles collided with an SUV at Sultanpur.

Sultanpur: Three men died and seven more were injured when three motorcycles collided with an SUV here on Sunday, police said. The accident occurred in the Akhandnagar police station area in the afternoon when the SUV, which was being driven by a local Samajwadi Party leader, collided with three speeding two-wheelers coming from the opposite direction, they said.

Kadipur Circle Officer (CO) Shivam Mishra said three men, who were on the motorcycles, died on the spot. They were identified as Pravesh (35) of Phulpur in Azamgarh, and Ramasare (70) and Dilip Rajbhar (55) of Mirpur in Ambedkar Nagar. "Seven other people were injured in the accident. They were rushed to a hospital by local people and police teams," the CO said.

In a separate accident, a 15-year-old girl was crushed to death by a speeding truck on Orma Highway under Mahadeva Police Outpost in the Siwan district of Bihar on Sunday morning. The deceased has been identified as Happy Kumari. She was going for tuition when the incident happened. She was killed on the spot, said Police.

According to locals, the incident happened at around 6.30 am on Sunday morning. The deceased was an examinee of the Matriculation and was to appear for the examination this year.(With Agency Inputs)