Sitapur — Three siblings were killed on the spot in Sitapur district of Uttar Pradesh early on Sunday after their motorcycle was hit by a pickup vehicle in dense fog and they were then run over by an overloaded tractor-trolley loaded with bricks, police said. The crash took place at around 6 am near a petrol pump in the Rihar area, under the Tambaur police station limits.

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The deceased were identified as Shishupal and his two sisters, Pooja Devi and Gayatri Devi, all residents of Devpalpur village in the Tambaur area. Police said the three had been working as labourers in Haryana and had returned to Laharpur late on Saturday night; two village residents had gone on separate motorcycles to receive them, and Shishupal was riding home with both his sisters on one motorcycle when the crash happened.

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Pickup struck first in thick fog, trolley followed, police say

According to Inspector Pradeep Singh of Tambaur police station, poor visibility in the thick fog led the speeding pickup to ram the two-wheeler, throwing all three riders onto the road, and the brick-laden tractor-trolley coming from behind ran over them before they could move away. Police said none of the three was wearing a helmet. A police team reached the spot soon after and the bodies were sent for post-mortem examination.

The drivers of both vehicles fled the scene after the crash. Inspector Singh said a search has been launched to trace and arrest the absconding drivers, and that the exact sequence of the collision, including the pickup's role, remains subject to the police investigation.

The deaths have cast a pall over Devpalpur village, from where the three had left for work in Haryana and to which they were returning home for a visit. Sunday's crash is the second multiple-fatality accident reported from Sitapur district this month involving a tractor-trolley; five women were killed in the Pisawan area on November 7 when a truck rammed the trolley carrying them.