Woman, teenage daughter killed, husband critical as truck hits motorbike

Bareilly: Lakshmi Sharma, her daughter Priya and husband Rajesh were on their way to Kashipur when their bike was hit by a truck in Moradabad district’s Tahurdwara on Monday night. Passers-by, who found the trio lying in a pool of blood, alerted police, who shifted the injured to a hospital. Doctors proclaimed Lakshmi and Priya dead on arrival, while Rajesh is stated to be critical.

According to police, a resident of Rampur Goghar village in Moradabad district, Rajesh works in a factory in Uttrakhand’s Kashipur. His daughter Priya had fallen ill and the couple was taking her to a doctor in Kashipur when the accident took place.

As soon as they reached the bridge over Dhandi river on Thakurdwara-Kashipur road, a speeding truck hit the motorbike. Passers-by informed police and admitted the injured to a hospital. Meanwhile, police impounded the truck near Surya outpost in Uttrakhand.

Police said an FIR against the truck driver was registered and the bodies were sent for the post-mortem examination.


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