Two people, including a 60-year-old woman, were killed and six others seriously injured after a truck hit an e-rickshaw here on Wednesday evening, police said.
The victims were identified as Jamila (60) and Shiva (15), who were travelling in the e-rickshaw when the truck rammed it from behind near Shahpur town, they said.
Shahpur SHO Rohit Chaudhary said the bodies have been sent for post-mortem, while the injured were rushed to a hospital, where the condition of two of them is stated to be critical.
The truck driver fled, abandoning the vehicle. A search has been launched to trace him, the SHO added.
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