Dahod, Apr 27 (PTI) A labourer, his wife and their two minor sons were killed, while their two other children suffered injuries after their motorcycle hit a bulldozer which suddenly came in their way in Gujarat’s Dahod district, police said on Wednesday.
The accident took place on Tuesday evening when the six-member family was returning from Jhalod town to Sukhsar after work, they said.
The front loader of the bulldozer engaged at a construction site suddenly fell and came in their way on a state highway in Ghani Khunt village of Fatepura taluka, an official from Sukhsar police station said. The man and his two sons — aged 4 and 12 — died on the spot, while his wife succumbed to injuries later in a hospital, he said.
The couple’s two daughters — 8 and 10 years old — also suffered injuries. The elder girl was grievously hurt, while the younger one received minor injuries. Both of them were undergoing treatment in a hospital, the official said.
The bulldozer’s driver fled after the accident, he added. PTI COR KA GK GK
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