Greater Noida, Sept. 23 -- Three students of a private university died after their motorcycle collided with a water tanker near the Chuharpur underpass on the Yamuna Expressway in Greater Noida late on Sunday, police said on Monday. Police have not confirmed whether the victims were wearing helmets at the time of the crash.

The deceased were identified as Swayam Sagar, 19, a resident of Panchvati Colony in Ghaziabad; Kush Upadhyay, 21, from Khudura village in Ghazipur district; and Samarth Pundir, 18, of Satellite Colony in Bareilly. Officers said Swayam and Kush were first-year BTech students, while Samarth was in his second year.

According to police, the accident took place while the three were on their way to a roadside eatery near t...