Muzaffarnagar(UP), Jun 16 (PTI) Three persons from Delhi were killed when they were hit by a pickup van while standing by the roadside here on Delhi-Haridwar National Highway on Sunday, police said.

The accident occurred when the three were having sugarcane juice while on their way to Haridwar, they said.

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Circle Officer (CO) Prashant Kumar said, "Abhishek (22), Arjun (25) and Rohit (23) were killed after being hit by a speeding pickup van near a hotel on the Delhi-Haridwar National Highway."

According to police, the three were residents of Delhi.

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The driver of the pickup van fled after the incident and police are trying to arrest him.

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