Four youths, including two school boys, were killed in two separate road mishaps in the district in last 24 hours.
The first incident occurred near Gijhi road in Sampla town here when a heavy vehicle reportedly hit a motor-bike. The bikers, identified as Aakash and Sunny of Kasrainti village, reportedly died on the spot while the vehicle driver sped away after the accident.
The police on getting information rushed to the spot and sent the bodies to PGIMS for post-mortem examination. A case of rash and negligence driving has been registered against unidentified driver of the vehicle. Bodies of the youth were handed over to their kin after postmortem examination on Sunday.
In another mishap, two school boys — identified as Amit (15) and Aashish (17) of Gumana village here died on the spot after their motorbike was hit by a Canter coming from opposite direction on the Kiloi-Bhalauth village here on Sunday morning.
The boys were coming to Rohtak to take part in a marathon. A pall of gloom descended over Gumana village as news of the boys’ death spread in the hamlet. Residents of the village started gathering at post-mortem house of the PGIMS where their bodies were kept for post-mortem examination.
“We are making all effort to find out the Canter to nab its driver who managed to flee from the spot after the accident,” said the police, while adding that a case had been registered in this regard.