Two persons sleeping near road were mowed down by a speeding truck at Sai Baba Residency under Bairagarh police station area on Sunday. The truck driver has been arrested.
The victim Gorishankar Singh (23) and Malkhe Singh (17) were sleeping near road at Bairagarh when they were mowed down by a speeding truck. The victims along with their families used to live in shanties build at the boundary of the Sai Baba Residency.
The incident took place at around 1.30 am. Shailendra the driver of the truck bearing registration number MP-04-HE-2773 lost control over the vehicle and mowed down both the victims. The head and the upper body parts were crushed under the truck tyres. The victims were rushed to a nearby hospital but they were declared dead on arrival.
After the preliminary investigation the bodies were sent for the post mortem. The police have registered a case under section 304 (A) of the IPC.
The Malkhe’s mother Shobha Singh told that she heard a loud noise when the truck rammed after hitting the victims due to which she woke up. The other victim Gorishankar is Malkhe’s cousin.
Meanwhile the missing truck driver who hit a car at Parvaliya in which two persons were killed and three sustained severe injuries on Saturday was found at Gandhi Nagar police station.
After the accident when the driver Ram Prasad Kushwaha (45) was trying to help the victims the locals started beating him. He went to the Gnadhi Nagar police station which was the nearest police station from the spot and surrendered. The driver hails from Vidisha.