Barabanki (UP), Nov 10 (PTI) A woman and her six-month-old son were killed and her husband critically injured after a truck hit their bike in Uttar Pradesh’s Barabanki district on Tuesday, police said.
According to the police, the incident occurred on the Lucknow-Kursi-Mahmudabad highway when the speeding truck hit the motorcycle, killing Poonam (30) and her six-month-old son Ayush, and leaving her husband Anil Yadav critically injured.
The driver fled the scene with the vehicle, they said.
The couple from Lucknow was returning from a temple in Fatehpur after offering ‘prasad’ for the birth of Ayush, which they had vowed after having three daughters, family sources said.
Circle Officer Shakti Singh said a search is underway for the absconding truck driver. PTI COR NAV ARI
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