3 killed, minor among victims in road crash in UP

GONDA: Three persons, including a minor, were killed after their motorcycle collided head-on with an unidentified vehicle in the district on Sunday, police said. Additional Superintendent of Police (East) Manoj Rawat said that around 8.30 pm, the three youngsters — Amardeep (23), Shyam (15) and Ritik (20) — were travelling on a single motorcycle from Babhnan towards Gaura Chowki. Near Buknapur village, an unidentified vehicle rammed into their motorcycle head-on, leaving them critically injured as they were thrown onto the roadside. Rawat said passersby rushed the injured to the Community Health Centre (CHC) in Gaur, where doctors declared them dead. He added that the bodies have been sent for post-mortem examination. Police said a case is being registered and efforts are on to trace the unidentified vehicle and its driver.