India: Three died in head-on collision on Shivrajpur road in Kanpur

Kanpur: Three men, including a father-son duo, were killed after a speeding loader collided head-on with their bike on Shivrajpur road in Kanpur district on Wednesday morning.

The accident took place when the trio, travelling on the same bike, were heading towards Nevada village to take part in a programme.

SP Outer Kanpur Ajit Sinha said the three men travelling on the same bike were heading towards Nevada village to attend a ceremony.

It was when they reached Shivrajpur road that a speeding loader collided ahead with their bike, killing the trio on the spot.

The accused driver fled, leaving his vehicle on the spot.

Soon, police were informed, who later took the bodies into possession and sent it for postmortem. The deceased have been identified as Umashankar, his son Sudhir and his relative Amar Singh.

While police have registered a case, efforts are on to nab the accused driver.