Three Hindu devotees marching from Senawang to Batu Caves in conjunction with the Thaipusam celebration tomorrow, died when they were hit by a car at the Seremban-Kuala Lumpur Highway near Seri Petaling early this morning.

The 8.30am incident also injured three others.

The BMW which hit all six victims was believed to have been driven by a man who left the scne of the incident as soon as it happened.

The bodies of the three victims were sent to the Kuala Lumpur Hospital for post-mortem while those who were injured taken to the UKM Medical Centre.