Truck-auto collision kills two near Kadi

PALANPUR: Two persons including a six-year-old girl were killed and two others injured when an autorickshaw in which they were travelling collided with a truck coming from opposite direction near Kadi in Mehsana district on Wednesday. The incident took place on Nanikadi Road. The autorickshaw carrying four passengers was on its way from Kadi to Dudhai village, while the truck was coming from Kalyanpura village to Kadi.

The deceased have been identified as Alam Malik (60) and Apsarabanu Malik (6), resident of nearby Mandali village, said Kadi sub-inspector LS Chaudhary. The bodies of the deceased have been handed over to their relatives after postmortem. The truck driver is on the run, said police.