Mother, two kids die as truck ploughs into them

Gurgaon: A 35-year-old woman and her two children — aged 7 and 10 years — died in an accident while her husband and another son suffered grievous injuries after a truck ploughed into them on the Gurgaon-Alwar road, where they were waiting for a ride. Police said the family was waiting for a cab when the accident happened in

Ferozpur Jhirka

on Saturday afternoon. The deceased have been identified as Jaziya (35), Mohammad Saad (10) and Sadia (7). According to the cops, they were a family of six — four children and a husband-wife. The youngest of the kids — a six-month-old — escaped unhurt. The injured has been identified as Farooq, who was referred from the

Nuh

medical college to AIIMS in Delhi.Yunus, the complainant, said he was waiting for a bus a few metres away when the truck hit the family. “The truck driver fled after the accident. I stopped a car and took the family to the hospital. Two of the kids died on the way. Their mother passed away at the hospital,” Yunus told the cops. An FIR has been filed against the unidentified truck driver at Ferozpur Jhirka police station under sections 279 (rash driving), 337 (causing hurt by act endangering life or personal safety of others), 427 (causing damage) and 304A (causing death by negligence) of the

IPC

.