Ghaziabad, Nov. 13 -- Three minor boys - aged 12, 15 and 16 - were killed on the National Highway-9 stretch in Ghaziabad on Tuesday night after their speeding motorbike rammed into a stationary truck, police said on Wednesday, adding that the boys were not wearing helmets and were out on a joyride.

According to police, the incident took place near the IPEM College crossing area, Vijay Nagar on the Delhi-Ghaziabad carriageway. The bike ploughed into the truck as they reached the highway stretch near Vijay Nagar and all three of them died on the spot, police said.

The truck, wrongly parked on the road, has been seized and the driver has fled, said Ritesh Tripathi, assistant commissioner of police (ACP) (Kotwali/Vijay Nagar circle). "The m...