KHAIRPUR: Three young men, among them two brothers, were killed when a speeding sports utility vehicle (SUV) hit their motorcycle near Aateri bus stop on the Khairpur-Pir Jo Goth Road late on Monday evening.

The deceased identified as Dilber Maitlo, 16, Naveed Ahmed Maitlo, 22, who were brothers, and Rahim Bux Maitlo, 14, died immediately after the accident. Their bodies were moved by area people and police to Khairpur Civil Hospital. The SUV did not stop to see what happened to the motorcyclists it had hit and sped away from the scene, according to eyewitnesses.