Azamgarh, In a tragic incident, motorcycle rammed into an electricity pole in Kaptanganj area in which two youths were killed. Rajendra Rajbhar 32 and Rahul Rajbhar 22 were killed in the mishap yesterday.

According to the police, the bodies have been sent for post mortem.

Road traffic accidents, the leading cause of death by injury and the tenth-leading cause of all deaths globally.

An estimated 1.2 million people are killed in road crashes each year, and as many as 50 million are injured, occupying 30 percent to 70 percent of orthopedic beds in developing countries hospitals.