2 cousins killed in truck-bike collision

  • | Sunday | 23rd September, 2018

The truck driver stopped after people raised the alarm. The truck driver will be arrested soon.”The police have impounded the truck and booked its driver under sections 279 (rash driving) and 304-A (causing death by negligence) of the IPC. On realising what he had done, the driver escaped, leaving the vehicle on the spot.”Moti Nagar police station assistant sub-inspector Baldev Raj said, “Teerath was driving the bike and Sukhbir was riding pillion. Both of them worked at a furniture store in Janakpuri. LUDHIANA: Two cousins were killed after a speeding truck ran into their motorcycle in Transport Nagar late on Friday night.Teerath Singh, 36, a resident of Raseela Nagar, along with his cousin Sukhbir Singh, 40, of Satguru Nagar, was on way home when the truck hit his bike around 11.45pm.Passersby called up the police, who took the two to civil hospital, where they were declared brought dead.An eyewitness said, “The speeding truck first hit the bike and when its riders fell on the ground, it dragged them for about 50 metres.

LUDHIANA: Two cousins were killed after a speeding truck ran into their motorcycle in Transport Nagar late on Friday night.Teerath Singh, 36, a resident of Raseela Nagar, along with his cousin Sukhbir Singh, 40, of Satguru Nagar, was on way home when the truck hit his bike around 11.45pm.Passersby called up the police, who took the two to civil hospital, where they were declared brought dead.An eyewitness said, “The speeding truck first hit the bike and when its riders fell on the ground, it dragged them for about 50 metres. The truck driver stopped after people raised the alarm. On realising what he had done, the driver escaped, leaving the vehicle on the spot.”Moti Nagar police station assistant sub-inspector Baldev Raj said, “Teerath was driving the bike and Sukhbir was riding pillion. Both of them worked at a furniture store in Janakpuri. The truck driver will be arrested soon.”The police have impounded the truck and booked its driver under sections 279 (rash driving) and 304-A (causing death by negligence) of the IPC.

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