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The accident occurred around 8.30 am under Bithoor police station, about 1 km from IIT Kanpur.
Eyewitnesses said both motorcycles were travelling at high speed. Police said a motorcycle bearing registration number UP78HH8733 was travelling from Mandhana towards Kalyanpur with Manyak Dubey, Shubham Mishra and Tanvi Mishra. Ranjeet and Sujeet were on another motorcycle, bearing registration number UP78JD1285. The motorcycles collided as the riders tried to overtake each other, throwing all five onto the road. Police took the injured to CHC Kalyanpur. Those in serious condition were subsequently shifted to a private Hospital, while Sujeet was admitted to another private Hospital in critical condition.
Kanpur: One person died and three others, including a woman, were critically injured when two motorcycles collided while overtaking near Sagar Dhaba in Naramau here on Wednesday morning.