Four students riding a bike were struck by a private bus, resulting in the deaths of three and leaving one seriously injured, in Jazampatti, located in the Magorra police station area of Mathura.

The victims were students of Krishna Pyari Shukla College, and all were pursuing BSc in Agriculture.

The students, who hailed from Bharatpur, were en route to their college when the accident occurred. According to police, the incident took place on Tuesday morning when the students were riding a bike near Jazampatti.

The bus, coming from the opposite direction, collided with them, killing 20-year-old Ritesh, along with his colleagues Chetan and Mukul, all residents of Manpuria in Bayana, Bharatpur, on the spot.

The fourth student, Ramkesh, sustained serious injuries and was rushed to the district hospital. His condition was deemed critical, and doctors referred him to Agra Medical College for further treatment.

The bus driver fled the scene following the accident, and the police have since registered a case and launched a manhunt to apprehend him and seize the bus.

The family of the deceased students arrived at the hospital and later visited the post-mortem house to identify the bodies.

In another incident, a speeding car lost control and collided with a roadside tree, killing two youths and leaving three others critically injured, in Bareilly’s Devraniyan police station area on Tuesday.

The five youths, all from Subhashnagar police station area, were on their way to Nanakmatta Gurudwara in Uttarakhand when the accident occurred.

The car, travelling at high speed, crashed into a tree in the Devraniyan area, resulting in a devastating impact.

Sunil Bajaj, a cycle trader, and Gaurav, a resident of Nekpur, died on the spot.

Three others—Harpreet Singh Golu, the media in-charge of Subhashnagar Gurudwara, and his friends Ajji and Prem Sahni—sustained injuries.

Harpreet suffered a leg fracture, while the others are receiving treatment at a private medical college.

The Devraniyan police have seized the vehicle and investigations are underway.

Meanwhile, in a separate incident in Bareilly, a truck travelling from Shahjahanpur to Haryana collided with a stationary truck near the Bilwa Bridge in Bhojipura, resulting in the death of the truck driver and serious injuries to his helper.

The deceased was identified as 28-year-old Ismail, a resident of Umdasar village in Shahjahanpur.

He was driving the truck when it crashed into a parked truck on the highway. Ismail died instantly.

His helper, who was seriously injured, was rushed to a private hospital for treatment. The police arrived at the scene, sent the body for post-mortem, while investigations are ongoing.