India, Feb. 24 -- Three persons were killed and another sustained severe injury in a head-on collision between two speeding two-wheelers at the Suraksha Smart City in Vasai East on Saturday night.

Police said as Madhuban has less vehicular traffic and insufficient streetlights, it is not unfamiliar for riders on two-wheelers to often speed and even conduct races on the stretch.

Jiyalal Yadav, 60, and Wakil Mahendra, 50, were returning from work on an Activa, heading towards Vasai station around 8pm, from where they usually board a train to their house in Goregaon. The speeding Activa collided with a Hero Honda Splendor, which was driven by Rakesh Verma, 35, with Vikas Daud, 30, as its pillion rider, said police.

"The collision caused a...