KANPUR: In a rerun of Delhi’s Kanjhawala hit-and-drag incident, a 70-year-old man and his six-year-old grandson died after their two-wheeler, a scooty, got stuck in a dumper truck and was dragged for nearly 2km on Kabrai Road in Mahoba district on Saturday.
A video of the accident has gone viral on social media in which sparks emanating from the two-wheeler can be seen. Some people riding two-wheelers parallel to the truck are also seen asking the truck driver to stop. But he keeps driving on. The driver has been arrested and the truck seized.
Police said that a retired teacher, Udit Narayan Chansauria, and his grandson, Satvik, a student of KG at a city school, were going to the market on a two-wheeler when they were hit by the speeding truck.