In a tragic incident, three persons of a family including two children and their mother died when they came under the wheels of a truck in Dhank area of Mahasamund district on Wednesday night.
“A one-and-half-year-old boy, a five-year-old boy and their mother died when a carelessly driven truck engaged in construction work of a Toll Plaza at Dhank village under Pateva police station ran over them while it was being reversed,” Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) Mahasamund Rajesh Kumar Kukreja informed.
The truck ran over the youngest boy first, when the 5-year old boy tried to save his brother, he too came under the wheels. The mother in a desperate attempt to save her children also came under the wheels of the truck, the ASP said.
According to the police, the deceased are yet to be identified. Meanwhile, driver of the vehicle managed to flee the place and police have launched a manhunt to arrest the driver.