The truck carrying six passengers was on its way from Bijnore to Muzaffarnagar when it collided with a UP Roadways Bus on the Meerut-Pauri Highway near Kanha farms yesterday, police said.
The collision was so fierce that the mini truck was broken to pieces and three of its occupants including a ten-year-old girl were killed on the spot, they said.
The other three were critically injured and have been admitted to a local hospital. There were no reports of injuries to passengers in the bus.
The driver and the conductor of the bus are absconding, police added.
According to eye witnesses, both the vehicles were running at a great speed.