Srinagar: Three people were killed and two others were injured in overnight road accidents in the Kashmir valley.
Official sources said here this afternoon that a vehicle hit and critically injured one Abdul Majid near Old Secretariat here. He was immediately shifted to hospital where he was declared brought dead.
A massive hunt has been launched to arrest the driver, they said.
A truck hit and seriously injured a motorcyclist Mohammade Abdullah and a pedestrian at Tappar, Pattan, in north Kashmir district of Baramulla.
The injured were rushed to local hospital from where they were referred to Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS).
Later, the motorcyclist died, they said.
In a separate incident, a vehicle hit and killed one Sabia Manzoor at Kulangam in the frontier district of Kupwara.
Later, agitated demonstrators set on fire the vehicle.
In another incident, a vehicle hit and injured a cyclist Nazir Ahmad Zargar at Fruit mandi Parimpora. He was hospitalised.