Woman dies, four others injured as truck hits bike

Bareilly

: A young woman was crushed and four others injured after the motorcycle they were riding on allegedly hit by a truck on Sambhal-Chandausi road near Bhavanipur village under kotwali area.


All injured were rushed to the district hospital, while police sent the woman’s body for post-mortem.

According to Om Prakash, a resident of Tharesa village under Bahjoi

tehsil

, he along with his wife Geeta and two kids have gone to Sarthalkheda on the occasion of Bhai Dooj.

“On Saturday morning, my son fell ill, and I decided to visit a doctor in Sambhal. My wife and sister-in-law Neeraj (21) insisted that they would come along for shopping in Sambhal, and they — Om Prakash, Geeta, their two kids and Neeraj — left for

Sambhal

on a motorcycle. We first visited the doctor and then finished shopping,” said Om Prakash.

“When we were on our way back to Sarthalkheda, a speeding truck hit the motorcycle and crushed Neeraj before the truck driver fled with the vehicle,” he added.

After receiving information, Kotwali station house officer (SHO) Dharmpal Singh rushed to the spot and also informed the emergency ambulance service to take the injured hospital.

SHO said, “All four injured persons are out of danger and the body was sent for autopsy. We have registered an FIR against unidentified truck driver under section 304A (

culpable homicide

) and 337 (rash driving) of IPC.”