Ballia, September 30: A 46-year-old Samajwadi Party students' wing leader was killed and two people were injured on Saturday when the auto-rickshaw they were travelling in overturned in Uttar Pradesh's Ballia district, police said. The incident took place in Khadsara village that comes under the Khejuri police station limits, they said.

The auto-rickshaw, which was going towards Sikandarpur, overturned as it lost balance after hitting a dog crossing the road, police said. Sunil Yadav, who was the students' union president of a degree college as well as the district president of SP's students' wing, died in the accident. Uttar Pradesh Road Accident Video: Three Die After Speeding Truck Collides With Trailer in Amethi, Terrifying Visuals Surface.

Circle Officer Bhushan Verma said the police have sent the body for postmortem. The two injured have been admitted to a local hospital, police said. Uttar Pradesh Road Accident Video: Couple Flung Into Air, Dies After Car Rams Into Bike in Hapur; Terrifying CCTV Footage Surfaces.

Samajwadi Party state secretary Aadya Shankar Yadav expressed grief over Sunil Yadav's death, saying that the party has lost a young leader.