Jalandhar, Jan. 1 -- Three persons lost their lives and four sustained injuries after a "speeding" car rammed into an autorickshaw on the Pathankot road near Raipur Rasoolpur village of Jalandhar district late Wednesday night. The autorickshaw was on its way to drop six youths at Dera Sachkhand Ballan when it was hit by a Toyota Innova car, officials said.

The force of the collision flung the autorickshaw into the air, sending it across the national highway, where it was then struck by another truck approaching from the Pathankot side, the police said.

The deceased have been identified as Prince and Karan, both in their 20s. Both hailed from Haryana's Shahabad in Kurukshetra district. The autorickshaw driver, Sunil Kumar of Jalandhar's ...