Man, son killed as truck hits motorcycle in UP

Muzaffarnagar (UP), Jul 5 (PTI) A 40-year-old man and his son were killed after their motorcycle was hit by a speeding truck on the Meerut-Karnal highway in Shamli district of Uttar Pradesh, police said on Saturday.

The incident occurred on Friday night in the Jhinjhana police station area.

Station House Officer (SHO) Jitendra Sharma said Kausar and his son Farman (6) were travelling on the motorcycle when it was hit by a speeding truck near Vedkhedi Morh. The truck driver fled after the accident, leaving his vehicle behind.

The bodies have been sent for post-mortem, the SHO said. PTI COR NAV DIV DIV