4 killed in road accidents in UP

Four persons were today killed and one other injured in two separate road accidents here, police said.

Pradip and Dinesh (both 32) were killed this morning and another injured when the motorcycle they were traveling by dashed into a culvert near Usarpurva village under Mahrajganj police station area, they said.

In a separate incident, Ajay Singh (45) and his nephew Mukesh Singh (18) were killed on the spot when their motorcycle collided with a Roadways bus near Godhaura village under Jehanabad police station area, they said.

The bus was seized but its driver managed to escape, they said.

The bodies have been sent postmortem examination, police added.