The truck driver fled from the spot after the accident (File)

Shahjahanpur:

A truck rammed into a scooter here, killing three people, including a child, and dragging the two-wheeler for about 500 metres, police said on Saturday.

The incident took place late Friday night near the Katra overbridge here, he said.

Ramdeen (40), his sister-in-law Surja Devi (35) and three-year-old nephew, residents of Lalpur village under Katra police station area, were on their way home when a truck hit their scooter from behind. Superintendent of Police S Anand said the scooter got stuck in the truck and was dragged for about 500 metres.

He told that after reaching the spot, the police personnel sent all three to Bareilly Hospital for treatment, where the doctors declared them brought dead.

The bodies have been sent for post-mortem, police said, adding that the truck driver fled the spot leaving behind his vehicle.