Ballia, In a tragic incident, cycle hit by an unidentified vehicle in Nagra area in which a couple was killed. The victims were identified as Mobin Ansari 40 and his wife Nasreen 35 were killed in the mishap yesterday.

The bodies of the deceased have been sent for postmortem, said police.

Road accident is most unwanted thing to happen to a road user, though they happen quite often. Nearly 1.3 million people die in road crashes each year, on average 3,287 deaths a day.

Incidentally, India holds the dubious distinction of registering the highest number of road accidents in the world.