Three youths killed in road accident

Three persons were killed when the motorcycle they were riding on, collided with a tractor-trolley on Pawti Kala road in Shamli district, Muzaffarnagar, said the police.

The incident took place on Friday night when Pappu (26), Monu(23) and Sachin (22), all residents of Jandheri village, werereturning home on the bike, they said.The driver of the tractor-trolley, which was allegedly speeding, escaped. The bodies have been sent for postmortem, police added.