Bhopal

80-yr-old woman dies, grandson injured after speeding car hits scooter

Staff Reporter

An 80-year-old woman died after she fell from a scooter while her grandson escaped with injuries near Jamunia village under Khajuri Sadak police station on Sunday.

Police claimed that the woman fell while she was on her way back to home with her grandson late in the night and was rushed to nearby hospital where she died during treatment.

According to the police, the woman identified as Ramkali Bai sustained severe injuries after she fell from scooter while she was on her way to Fanda Kalan with her grandson.

The deceased fell and sustained severe head injuries. On the receipt of the information a police team reached the spot and started further investigation. After the preliminary investigation the body was sent for the post mortem and the police have registered a case under section 304 of the IPC and have started further investigation.

It was found that a speeding car hit the scooter from behind injuring the two. The errant car driver escaped from the spot who remains unidentified and search for the errant driver.Injured were rushed to Tripti hospital where Ramkali was declared dead. The deceased owns two houses in Fanda and Bairagarh was on her way to Fanda from Bairagarh.