A 35-year-old married woman died while her husband and seven year old son escaped with injuries after their bike was hit by a speeding truck near Sai Mandir late in the night on Tuesday; Habibganj police have registered and started investigation.
According to the police three injured were rushed to nearby hospital after their bike was hit by a speeding truck where woman was declared dead while two others escaped with injuries.
The locals informed the police and on the receipt of the information a police team reached the spot and started investigation.
The deceased was identified as Nayab Jahan of Shahjehanabad while her husband Riyaz and son Ziyan escaped with injuries. The truck bearing registration number MP06HC1469 was seized while the errant truck driver escaped the spot leaving and is still missing.
Investigating Officer SI Gajraj Singh Tiwari said that the deceased was hit on his way back to Bhopal after attending a function at Mandideep . In the post mortem report traces of alcohol were not found and if the truck driver was in an inebriated state could be ascertained after he would be nabbed. Search for the errant driver has been started and based on the registration number the details of the truck would be searched which would help in tracking the owner and errant driver during the further investigation, he added. The incident took place at around 11 pm near Sai Mandir at Habibganj.
The collision proved fatal for the deceased. After the preliminary investigation the body was sent for the post mortem and the police have registered a case under section 304 A of the IPC and have started further investigation.