India, Feb. 9 -- Five people died in two separate road accidents in Sonbhadra and Mirzapur districts of Uttar Pradesh while returning from wedding-related functions, police said on Monday.

In Sonbhadra, three people, including two brothers, were killed late Sunday night after a speeding truck hit their motorcycle and ran over them near the Hinduari intersection under the Robertsganj police station area on the Varanasi-Shaktinagar road.

A police officer said the deceased were identified as retired principal Dayashankar Singh (61), his elder brother Kamala Singh (65), both residents of Tiliya village, and their relative Prem Singh.

Dayashankar Singh was the former principal of Shri Chandragupta Maurya Inter College in Madhupur, Sonbhadra...