Sitapur, June 16 -- Four boys died in a road accident in Uttar Pradesh's Sitapur district after a speeding truck overturned and crushed them, police said on Monday.

According to Superintendent of Police Ankur Agarwal, the boys were standing near a motorcycle on the roadside when the accident happened.

"Four boys were standing near a motorcycle on the roadside. Suddenly, a truck coming from the front went out of the driver's control and overturned, and all four boys got crushed under it," he said.

Police teams rushed to the spot immediately and took the injured boys to the hospital.

However, all four were declared dead due to the severity of their injuries. "The police immediately reached the spot and took all four injured boys to the ...