Kanpur, April 16 (HS): Three people

were killed, including a farmer and his nephew, and a 10-year-old girl was

badly injured after the motorbike they were riding collided with a road barrier

in Shivrajpur on Thursday, police said. The victims were going home from a

'Tilak' ceremony (a pre-marriage custom) when the bike lost control and

collided with a divider at the Dubiyana underpass, according to Bilhaur's

Assistant Commissioner of Police, Manjay Singh.

Eyewitnesses told police that the accident was so forceful that all four

were thrown off the bike. According to eyewitnesses, the driver may have dozed

asleep, which caused the crash. A highway ambulance transported them to a local

Community Health Centre, where physicians pronounced three of them dead.

Vinod Nishad (45), a farmer, his nephew Piyush (11), and neighbour

Ramnarayan Nishad (52) are among the dead. Vinod's 10-year-old daughter Diksha was

seriously injured and is being treated at Lala Lajpat Rai (LLR) Hospital. According

to the ACP, the bodies have been submitted for a post-mortem, and additional

investigation is continuing to determine the actual cause of the tragedy. Vinod

is survived by his wife Manju and four kids, while Ramnarayan leaves behind a

wife, a son, and five daughters.

Hindusthan Samachar / Abhishek Awasthi