Saharanpur (UP), Mar 21 (PTI) Two teenage cousins were killed after a tractor-trolley hit their motorcycle in the Gangoh police station area of Saharanpur district, police said on Saturday.
The deceased have been identified as Shakib (15) and Sabir (16), both residents of Sangatheda village, who were out for Eid shopping when the tractor-trolley hit their bike on the Sangatheda-Mahangi road on Friday, they said.
Gangoh SHO Sanjeev Kumar told PTI that the collision was so severe that it left both the teenagers critically injured. Locals rushed them to a community health centre, where Shakib died during treatment.
As his condition deteriorated, Sabir was referred to the district hospital but he succumbed to his injuries on the way, the SHO said.
Police have arrested the driver of the tractor-trolley, the officer added. PTI COR CDN SMV ARI
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