2 student leaders among 4 killed in UP accident

Lucknow, Dec 11: Four young men, including two student leaders, were killed early on Tuesday when their speeding vehicle rammed into a roadside tree in Mau district of Uttar Pradesh, police said.

The accident took place near the Pahsa Bazaar in Haldharpur area.

The deceased were identified as Ravi Kant Yadav, 23, Uday Yadav, 20, -- both popular student leaders -- Abhinendra Yadav, 22, and Sandeep Singh.

The car was at a high speed and was completely smashed, a police official told IANS.

He added that a selfie of all the four victims, sitting in the car, taken apparently some time before the accident was recovered from one of the mobile phones.

The bodies have been sent for autopsy. A large crowd of college students gathered outside the hospital where the post mortem was to take place.