Varanasi: Two youths were killed and another suffered critical injuries when their motorcycle collided with a truck on Gorakhpur-Varanasi four-lane highway near Audihar village under Saidpur police station in Ghazipur district late on Sunday.Ghazipur CO (Saidpur) Shubham Verma on Monday said that three youths riding a motorcycle were passing through Audihar turning, when their vehicle collided head-on with a truck coming from opposite direction. All three identified as Lalu Yadav (25), Akash Yadav(25) and Raju Yadav (27) of Uchauri village in Saidpur suffered grave injuries. They were rushed to Saidpur community health centre (CHC), where doctors declared Akash and Raju dead. Lalu, who sustained serious injuries, was given first aid and referred to trauma centre of BHU in Varanasi. Bodies of Akash and Raju were later sent for postmortem.Police arrested the truck driver. During initial investigation, it came to light that the three friends left homes on a motorcycle to visit Markandey Mahadev Dham on Varanasi-Ghazipur border around 10pm on Sunday. After travelling a few kilometers, the met with the accident.Akash was youngest among six siblings and was married three years ago.. Raju, who worked as a labourer in Mumbai, had returned home two weeks ago to take care of his wife Preeti, who recently gave birth to a baby girl.
