Three people, including two motorcyclists, were killed in a collision between two trailer trucks on the Banda-Bahraich Highway near the Burhwal crossing here, police said on Sunday.
The driver of a speeding truck lost control over his vehicle, which jumped the divider and collided with another truck on the other side of the highway, they said.
Two motorcyclists -- Raju (36) and Kalyan (30) -- returning from a wedding were killed after getting trapped between the trucks following the accident, they added.
The driver of the truck that jumped the divider and caused the accident was also killed but is yet to be identified, the police said.
He was pulled out from the mangled remains of the truck and taken to the district hospital where he succumbed to his injuries, the police said.
An official at Ramnagar police station said the bodies have been sent for post-mortem and the victims' family members informed.
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