Etah (UP), March 4 A man and his seven-year-old son were killed on Wednesday after their motorcycle fell into a canal in the Bagwala Police Station area here, police said.
The accident occurred around 3 am on the Etah-Ganjdundwara road near a canal, they said.
Circle Officer (City) Kartika Singh identified the deceased as 25-year-old Dambar Singh and his son, Umang, from Jamalpur village.
The two were returning to their village from Faridabad to celebrate Holi with their family and had chosen to ride a motorcycle due to overcrowding on buses.
As they reached near the canal in the Bagwala area, the two-wheeler reportedly hit the median and both were thrown into the canal, the CO said.
The police were informed about the accident and they rushed the two to a medical college for treatment, where doctors declared them dead.
Preliminary investigation suggests speeding as the cause of the accident.
