Muzaffarnagar (UP), March 28 A 50-year-old woman and her son were killed in a village here after their motorcycle was hit by a speeding tractor-cart loaded with sugarcane, police said on Saturday.
The accident occurred on Friday night near Chand Samad village, under the Kotwali police station limits.
Circle Officer Ramashish Yadav told reporters that the victims, Mamta and her son Tanish Bhati (18), were travelling on a motorcycle when the speeding trolley struck them head-on.
"The injured were rushed to a nearby hospital, where doctors declared them dead," the officer said.
The driver of the tractor-cart fled the scene after the collision, leaving the vehicle behind.
Police said they have seized the vehicle and launched a search to apprehend the absconding driver.
