Two bike accidents claim 6 lives in UP

Six people were killed in two separate accidents in Uttar Pradesh' Pratapgarh city, police said today.

Three persons were injured when their bike was hit by a tempo in the city -- around 160 km from Lucknow -- last night. Arvind Kumar Singh (32), Arun Kumar Dubey (30) and tempo driver Abdul Karim (30) were rushed to a hospital, where they succumbed to injuries, said Pratapgarh Superintendent of Police (SP) Dev Ranjan Verma.

In the other incident this morning, two bikes collided against each other, killing Badri Prasad Yadav (70), Kedar Nath (75) and Jitender (35), while a woman got injured, the SP added.

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