MEERUT, Jan. 21 -- Three people were killed late Monday night when their speeding car lost control, hit a divider and overturned near the Chidawak cut in Gulawathi on the Bulandshahr-Meerut Highway, after which an oncoming truck crashed into the vehicle, resulting in a collision, said police on Tuesday.

The deceased have been identified as Ankit Tyagi (37), son of BJP Kisan Morcha state vice president Sanjay Tyagi and nephew of BJP MLC Ashwani Tyagi, Dr Ashutosh Poonia (35), and Mahesh Kumar (55).

According to police and eyewitnesses, the impact was so severe that the car was completely mangled, with its roof torn off and body crushed from all sides, and despite the airbags deploying, none of the occupants survived.

Local residents ale...