Satna, Oct 18 (PTI) Three men were killed and another person was seriously injured when an unidentified vehicle hit their motorcycle in Madhya Pradesh's Satna district, police said on Monday.

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The accident took place near Jhukehi village under Amdara police station area, about 70 km from the district headquarters, late Saturday night, they said.

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The four men, all residents of Vistara village in Katni district, were returning home after watching 'Ramlila' in Jhukehi village, Amdara police station in-charge Harish Dwivedi said.

Three of them, identified as Mohit Patel (24), Vijay Sen (28) and Pankaj Sen (29), died on the spot, while another 23-year-old man was injured and admitted to a hospital in Katni, he said.

The bodies were handed over to their relatives after the post-mortem, he said, adding that search was on for the vehicle that hit the motorcycle.

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