Kannauj (UP), Nov 10 (PTI) Three friends were killed and another seriously injured after a speeding SUV rammed into their motorcycle in Uttar Pradesh’s Kannauj district, police said on Tuesday.
The accident took place around 11.30 pm on Monday near the Sardar Patel Inter College in Kachhatipur village, Station House Officer Vinod Kumar Kashyap said.
The four friends, identified as Manish (28), Ved Prakash (40), Vijay (35) and Ashish (24), were residents of Agaus village and were travelling towards Patel Nagar crossing on a motorcycle when the speeding Thar hit their vehicle, he said.
The impact of the collision threw all four riders nearly 15 metres away, leaving them seriously injured. The motorcycle was also completely mangled, the officer said.
Police rushed the injured to the Government Medical College in Tirwa, where doctors declared Manish, Ved Prakash and Vijay dead.
Ashish, who sustained serious injuries, was referred to a higher medical centre in Kanpur, Kashyap said.
The SUV driver fled from the scene of the accident. PTI COR KIS DV
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