A rashly driven truck ran over 16 stray cows near Metal Park in Rawabhata locality coming under the Khamtarai police station area of the city on intervening night of Monday and Tuesday.
According to information from Station House Officer (SHO), Khamtarai, Purnima lamba the incident might have happened between 2 to 3 am.
The truck driver drove away from the scene, she informed.
A case had been registered against the driver and further investigations are on, the SHO said.