Three of a family killed after tanker hits motorcycle on Dhar Road

Indore: A woman and her two children were killed on Monday morning after a speeding tanker rammed into their motorcycle on Dhar Road under Chandan Nagar police station limits. Six members of a family were reportedly riding on a single motorcycle when the accident took place.

The family was travelling from Aurangpuri to a village in the Dewas district to attend a ritual following the recent death of a relative. As they reached in front of Hilink Colony on Dhar Road, a speeding tanker allegedly struck their motorcycle from behind.

The impact of collision was so fierce that two-year-old Rohan and one-year-old Santoshi died on the spot. Their mother, 28-year-old Anita Deora, succumbed to her injuries inside the ambulance while being transported to the hospital.

The other riders, 30-year-old Ashok Deora, four-year-old Vaishnavi and another relative Rajesh Bhusariya, were severely injured. Chandan Nagar police station in-charge Tilak Karole said that the injured are currently undergoing medical treatment.

“Following the accident, the tanker was seized and its 30-year-old driver Amit Vaishnav, a resident of Jalore, was arrested,” Karole said.

During questioning, the driver told police that he fell asleep at the wheel, lost control of the heavy vehicle and hit the motorcycle. The police sent the bodies of the two children to district hospital and the body of the woman to MY Hospital for postmortem examinations. A case was registered.