Two killed as trailer truck hits motorcycle in UP
Azamgarh (UP) (PTI): Two men in their 20s died after a speeding trailer truck rammed into their motorcycle near a market here, police said on Monday.
The accident occurred around 9 pm on Sunday in the Gambhirpur police station area when the victims were going from Thekma towards Azamgarh.
Due to the impact of the collision, the two died on the spot, triggering panic in the busy market area and disrupting traffic, police said.
On receiving information about the incident, Gambhirpur Station House Officer (SHO) Akhilesh Kumar Singh reached the spot, took the bodies into custody and sent them to the district hospital for post-mortem, police said.
Circle Officer (City) Aastha Jaiswal also reached the scene to supervise the situation, they said.
One of the deceased was identified as Santosh Yadav alias Guddu, a former village head and a resident of Singhra village, and the other as his friend, Sandeep Yadav, a resident of Bhagwanpur village.
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Five year old boy mauled to death by stray dogs in Jharkhand's Dhanbad
Dhanbad (PTI): A five-year-old boy was mauled to death by stray dogs in Jharkhand's Dhanbad district, police said on Sunday.
The incident happened on Friday at Yadav Basti in Bholanath Baseria, within the Goududih police outpost, when the boy stepped out to play, they said.
"The victim boy was mauled to death after being attacked by a pack of stray dogs. The incident happened when the boy was playing a short distance from his house. Due to severe injuries, he died on the spot," said Lov Choudhary, the officer in charge of Gondudih police station.
The OC said that the bereaved family members approached the police station and demanded compensation. They were then asked to send the victim's body for a post-mortem examination, but they refused.
