Bijnor, 2 Dec (HS): Around 6 a.m. on Tuesday morning

in Bijnor district, Uttar Pradesh, a speeding container truck struck a bike and

then collided with a pickup truck. It then spun out of control, broke through a

guardrail, and went on the wrong side of the road. The container overturned on the highway. Three

people, including two bike riders, were killed in the accident. The container

driver fled the scene after the accident.

On receiving information

about the accident on the highway, SP East Dhampur AK Srivastava reached the

spot and started investigating the matter. The accident took place at around 6

am near Mubarakpur Kunda in Sherkot. The container hit both the vehicles, a

bike and a pickup, from the front. The accident was so severe that the bike and

the pickup were badly damaged. Bike riders Ranjeet and Lala, residents of

village Bichvi in ​​Lakhimpur Kheri, died in this accident. The pickup driver

Firoz, a resident of Uttarakhand, also died on the spot. So far, 9 people have

lost their lives on this highway in the last one month. The police have sent

the bodies for post-mortem.

Hindusthan Samachar / Abhishek Awasthi