Varanasi: Five people, including three of a family, were killed in separate road accidents in Sonbhadra and Mirzapur districts on Sunday night.According to reports, three people lost their lives after their bike was hit by a truck on the Varanasi-Shaktinagar Road near Hinduari intersection in the Robertsganj police station area of Sonbhadra. They suffered severe head injuries and were rushed to a hospital by the police, but were declared dead.The deceased were identified as retired principal Dayashankar Singh (61), his elder brother Kamla Singh (65), and brother-in-law Prem Singh (60). The victims had gone to attend a tilak ceremony in Robertsganj area. SHO Ramswroop Verma said information about the truck and its driver involved in the accident is being gathered. In Mirzapur, two youths returning from a tilak ceremony died when their motorcycle collided with a tree near Jai Patti village on the Ranibagh-Jamalpur road around 10:30 pm.SHO Amit Prajapati said Vivek Maurya (22) and Hasnain (23), both residents of Jamalpur town, were returning home on a motorcycle after attending a friend’s tilak ceremony in Narayanpur when the accident occurred. Both youths were seriously injured in the accident. Local people immediately rushed them to the Community Health Centre in Jamalpur, where doctors declared them dead.
