nA 35-year-old man and two minor boys, including his son, were killed after an oil tanker hit their motorcycle in Korba district on Saturday, police said.
The incident took place this morning in Katghora police station area on Bilaspur-Ambikapur national highway when the victims were going to Maheshpur village to meet their relatives on the motorcycle, a senior police official here said.
The deceased were identified as Pardeshi his son Ramesh (6) and nephew Rajesh (10), natives of Gurudumuda village, he said.
When the trio reached near Chandanpur village, the bike collided head on with a diesel tanker that left them seriously injured. Some locals rushed them to a nearby hospital where doctors declared them brought dead, he said.
Later, the bodies were sent for the post mortem, the official said, adding a case was lodged against the tanker’s driver who fled the spot.
