Basti: Three persons lost their lives when their car collided with a truck in the district, police said on Sunday. The accident took place late on Saturday night near an under-construction toll plaza, said Anil Kumar, SHO of Nagar police station. The deceased have been identified as Krishna Mani Nishad (22), Rahul Nishad (21) and Sachin Nishad (21), police said.

In another incident, a man and his pregnant wife were killed in a road accident when a truck hit their motorcycle in Maharashtra's Jalna district. The couple was on their way to a hospital when the speeding truck hit their two-wheeler at Gundewadi village.