Death toll in Hathras accident rises to four

Tragic motorcycle accident claims lives of three teenage girls and one man near Badar village in Saadabad.

The death toll in the motorcycle-rickshaw accident near Badar village here has risen to four, a police official said on Sunday (February 23, 2025).

Three teenage girls, including two sisters, died on Saturday (February 22, 2025) evening when their motorcycle lost control and rammed into a rickshaw here.

The accident occurred near Badar village in Saadabad police station area when Shahzad (24) was returning after taking his sisters -- Nargis (14) and Shahnaz (16) -- and their friend Pihu Sharma (17) from a school in Aligarh, officials said.

The four were returning to Agra when the motorcycle lost control on Agra Road, rammed into a rickshaw and fell, a police officer said.

Station House Officer (SHO), Sadabad, Satendra Singh Raghav, said while the three girls died on the spot, Shahzad was referred to a hospital in Agra where he succumbed to injuries.