Ludhiana, March 15 -- Three friends returning after celebrating Holi were killed after an allegedly speeding municipal corporation (MC) garbage truck rammed into their bike near Dashmesh Dairy on Tajpur Road, officials said on Saturday.

The division number 7 police registered a case against the unidentified truck driver.

They said the incident occurred on Friday and eyewitnesses reported that the truck driver fled the scene after the accident. The deceased had come from Tajpur Chowk when they met with the accident, police said.

The victims were identified as Ankush Kumar, 18, from Mohalla Guru Nanak Estate, Tajpur Road; Akashdeep, 18; and Sundaram, 18, from Amritsar. Ankush and Akashdeep died on the spot and Sundaram succumbed to injur...