Three members of a family were killed when their scooter collided with a tanker on the Shahkot-Malsian National Highway today.
The deceased have been identified as Bindar, her daughter Anju (20) and son Gurnur (2), all from Nakodar’s Miran Pur village. Reportedly, they were heading towards their home from a nearby village. They were about to join National Highway from a link road when suddenly an over-speeded oil tanker appeared and crushed three of them to death.
The police have arrested tanker driver Bikram Singh, a resident of Gurdaspur’s Bishaniwal village. As per Singh's statement, he tried to save the lives of all three but couldn't, thus dragged all three of them with their scooter for a few kilometres.
ASI Harjit Singh, investigating the case said, bodies of the deceased have been sent to the Civil Hospital for autopsy and further actions will be taken on the basis of the statements of the family members.