Jaunpur (UP), May 29 (PTI) A teenage girl and her brother were killed when a car crashed into their motorbike near a village here on Monday, police said.

The accident took place near Kabeli village on the Lucknow-Varanasi highway, following which Shivani (18)and her brother Shivam Gautam (20) were killed on the spot, Additional SP (Rural) Shailendra Singh said.

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The duo's bodies have been sent for the post-mortem and a probe is underway, the SP added.

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