LUCKNOW, Oct. 7 -- A man and his sister were killed early Tuesday when a speeding tractor allegedly rammed into their motorcycle near Chor Ghati under Thakurganj police station limits. The accident occurred while 21-year-old Atul Kumar was returning home after picking up his 23-year-old sister Shweta from her morning walk, police confirmed.

Police said the victims, residents of New Haidarganj, were returning home around 5 am when a tractor coming from the opposite direction hit their motorcycle. The impact was so severe that both were thrown nearly 20 metres away. Atul's head reportedly struck a wall, and both sustained fatal injuries.

Shweta, a BPharm student at a private college, was staying at her maternal grandfather, Ishwardeen's, ...