India, March 15 -- Three people - a rider and two pillion riders - died in two separate road accidents involving bikes on Tuesday, in Bandra and Virar.

In the first accident that took place on the Western Express Highway (WEH), Mohammad Sohrab Alam Mohammad Mirajuddin Irati (28), a labourer by profession, was riding his motorcycle with a colleague Shakeel Jakir Sheikh (25) at the back, when an unidentified truck hit their bike while overtaking them at around 3:30pm.

According to Irati, he rushed his friend, who had suffered severe injuries, to the Bhabha Hospital in an autorickshaw, but the doctors declared him dead on arrival.

Irati told the Bandra police that they were heading towards Churchgate when their bike was hit by the speedin...