In a shocking incident, three children were killed after a truck ran over six friends who were out for yoga and morning walk on Jhansi-Kanpur highway on Friday.
Agitated over the incident, hundreds of villagers gathered on the highway and staged a protest, demanding arrest of the truck driver.
The accident happened near Madora Khurd village under Poonch police station at around 6 am. After the accident, the driver and the cleaner fled the spot after abandoning the truck.
The injured were admitted to the medical college hospital in Jhansi.
Reports said that a dozen children, all hailing from Madora Khurd village in the district, had gathered for morning walk and yoga on Friday. While they were busy practicing yoga on the service lane of Jhansi-Kanpur highway, a speeding truck came from Kanpur side and crossing the divider it went crushing half a dozen children. While 12-year-old Abhiraj and 14-year-old Abhinav died on the spot, four injured were referred to Jhansi medical college hospital where 21-year-old Anuj alias Bholu succumbed to his injuries during treatment.
Lakshya (9), Sundaram (17) and Aryan (14) are still battling for their lives.
The Poonch police claimed to have launched a hunt for the driver.