Yogesh K Porwar & Avanth Kumar Kankariya
Two women were killed and three others including two minor girls were injured when a speeding SUV knock down the autorickshaw they were travelling in KR Puram on Friday night.
The deceased have been identified as Haseena,38 and her elder sister Faazila,40,while the injured Khalid Khan,39,driver of the autorickshaw and his two daughters Sumaiaya,5 and Sadia,3 sustained multiple injuries and admitted to Nimhans.
Senior officer with other officers rushed to the spot and after inspecting the spot said,the victims are heading to Channasandra from KR Puram on Friday night when the accident occurred on Old Madras Road.
Due to the impact the autorickshaw was mangled and passers-by rushed to rescue the victims struck in the autorickshaw and shifted them to hospital .
Among the injured the condition of Khalid is said to be critical and he is in ICU under observation.
The driver of the SUV sped away soon after the accident.The KR Puram traffic police have registered a case of hit and run and efforts are on to track down the car.
