Pilibhit (UP), Mar 18 (PTI) A 60-year-old woman and a teenager were killed, while 11 persons sustained injuries after a speeding car rammed into a passenger-laden e-rickshaw near the Bahadiya crossing here, police said.
According to police, the e-rickshaw was carrying passengers to a fair when the accident took place.
As the vehicle reached the Bahadiya crossing under Deoria Kala police station area, a speeding car coming from the direction of Deoria Kala rammed into it, throwing several passengers onto the road.
Locals and passersby alerted the police and launched rescue efforts.
The injured were rushed to a nearby community health centre by ambulance and those critically hurt were later referred to the district hospital.
Station House Officer Gautam Singh said the deceased have been identified as Jashoda (60) and Rahul (14), and their bodies have been sent for post-mortem.
Eyewitnesses told police that the car was moving at high speed and the driver appeared to have lost control.
Police said efforts are underway to trace the car and its driver, and an investigation is underway. PTI COR ABN ARB ARB ARB
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