Chitrakoot (UP), Sep 17 (PTI) Two men were killed when an unidentified vehicle hit their motorcycle in this district, police said on Saturday.

Pahari police station in-charge (SHO) Gulab Tripathi said the vehicle collided with the motorcycle head-on near Asoh village on the Pahari-Rajapur road on the intervening night of Friday and Saturday.

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The motorcyclist Ved Prakash (28) and his friend Manish (30) died on the spot, the SHO said. He said the youths were identified on Saturday afternoon.

Tripathi said a case of negligent driving was registered against the driver of the unidentified vehicle and the bodies were sent for post-mortem.

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