Pratapgarh (UP), Oct 21 Three person, including a couple were killed and a five-year-old child injured after a truck rammed their motorcycle here on Wednesday, police said.
The police have detained the accused truck driver and seized the vehicle, they said.
The accident occurred near Chhevanga crossing under the Baghray police station area, approximately 50 km from the district headquarters, they said.
Additional Superintendent of Police (West) Brijnandan Rai said Nokhelal Bharti, 38, a resident of a village under Kunda police station, was travelling to Banka Jalalpur with his son Shivam and his brother-in-law Haider Bharti, 45, and sister Reeta Devi, 40, residents of Prayagraj district’s Mauaima area.
The truck allegedly hit the motorcycle from behind near Chhevanga crossing, leaving all four riders seriously injured, the officer said.
The injured were rushed to a community health centre, where doctors declared Haider, his wife Reeta and Nokhelal dead, while Shivam was referred to Pratapgarh Medical College due to his critical condition, police said.
The bodies have been sent for post-mortem, they said.
(PTI News)
