Jhansi, Jan. 24 -- Three people, including a teenage girl and a village priest, were killed and 13 others injured after a speeding truck rammed into an auto-rickshaw in Jhansi early Saturday morning. The victims were returning home after attending an engagement ceremony.
The accident occurred around 4 a.m. near Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Women's College, about two kilometres from Gurserai. According to the family, 16 people were travelling in the auto-rickshaw when it was hit head-on by a truck coming at high speed.
The impact was so severe that the auto was completely mangled.
Eighteen-year-old Janki, the bride's cousin, and the village priest, Sita Ramaiya Gautam (60), died on the spot. The auto driver Narayan Das (40), succumbed to his inj...