Two men and a woman were killed after being run over by a roadways bus in Sitapur on Monday, police said.

A speeding bus of Lakhimpur Kheri depot, which was going towards Lucknow from Sitapur, crashed into a service road after hitting a road divider in Kamalapur police station area. As the driver lost control over the wheel, the bus ran over some people who were buying goods from the shops there, police said.

Paras Kumar, Raju and an unknown woman died on the spot while three injured persons were rushed to a community health centre in Kasmanda and their condition was stated to be critical.

The bodies were sent for post- and efforts were on to identify the woman.

No arrest has been made in his connection so far.

Meanwhile four devotees, including three women, returning after visiting Maa Pitambara Devi in Datia, Madhya Pradesh, died in a road accident in Jhansi on Sunday night.

Police sent the bodies for post-mortem.

The accident took place on Kanpur-Jhansi highway near Karguan village under Chirgaon police station.

According to reports, the accident took place as one of the tyres of the car burst near Shani Dev temple in Karguwan village after which the driver lost control over the wheel and the vehicle collided head-on with a speeding truck.

Two persons were also critically injured in the mishap and shifted to the medical college hospital in Jhansi.

Among the dead are Kiran Mishra (48), wife of Rakesh Mishra; Kusumalata, wife of ED Awasthi, and Neelam Tiwari and Suresh Chandra Tewari.

The injured were identified as Mahesh Chandra Tiwari (55) of Unnao and Rakesh Mishra (65).

On getting information, the Chirgaon police immediately reached the spot and admitted the injured to the medical college hospital in Jhansi.