Three youths, including a 14-year-old boy, were killed after their speeding motorcycle collided head-on with a van in Assam's Tamulpur district on Thursday night, police said.
The accident happened on a recently constructed road in the Kaurbaha area around 10 pm on Thursday. Police identified the deceased as Sultan Ali (21), Majarul Sultan (18), and Zubair Hussain (14), all residents of Chirakhundi village who were related to each other.
None of them were wearing helmets, and the police are also examining whether they had a driving license. The three bodies were sent for postmortem, and the family members were informed, the officer said.
The van driver did not flee the spot and said he tried to avoid the collision but didn't get time. The police are investigating the matter further.
High-speed driving has become common, especially at night, and several minor accidents have occurred in recent months on the newly constructed road, locals said.
The state government has been conducting road safety drives across Assam since 2016, but 2,700 to 3,000 people die in road accidents in the state every year, according to the Assam government's road safety portal.
