LUCKNOW: A labourer couple from
Chhattisgarh
taking the long journey home on a bicycle was crushed to death by a speeding truck on Shaheed Path early Thursday, less than hour after they moved out of their Sikandpur slum cluster in Jankipuram. Their two children who were also on the cycle, suffered head injuries, but survived.
The couple, Krishna and
Pramila Sahu
, lay in a pool of blood after being hit by a truck while their 3-year-old daughter Chandini and 18-month-old son Nikhil were tossed off the cycle and were critically injured. Passers-by dialled the UP 112 and rushed the injured family to hospital. Krishna was declared brought dead, while Pramila succumbed during treatment.
DCP, south,
Rayees Akhtar
said an
FIR
was lodged against unidentified persons for causing death by negligent driving and rash driving. He said, the injured family was first taken to a private a hospital and then shifted to KGMU Trauma Centre. The orphaned children, who have been handed over to their uncle Ram Kumar, received financial aid of Rs 10,000 from UP 112. Inspector
Manoj Shukla
had visited the injured children in hospital.
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