India News | Four Killed, 5 Injured in Two Hit-and-run Cases in Hisar

Hisar, Sep 16 (PTI) In two hit-and-run cases, four people, including a couple, were killed and five others sustained injuries in Hisar district on Wednesday while undertaking their early morning walks on roads, police said.

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In the first incident which took place in Hisar cantonment area this morning, a husband and his wife, who were out for a morning walk, were killed when a speeding truck hit them.

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Two youths, who were also walking on the road with them, too were hit by this truck and suffered critical injuries. They were admitted to a hospital in a serious condition, police said.

The truck driver fled after the incident, police said.

In another incident which took place in Sheikhpura village on Jind-Hansi road, two youths were killed and three others were seriously injured when a car hit them.

Police said that five youths of Sheikhpura village were doing running exercises in the morning on Jind road when a car hit them.

In this incident, a 20-year-old youth and a 17-year-old boy died while the three others, aged between 17-18 years, were seriously injured and admitted to a private hospital in Hansi in this district.

Police have registered separate cases in connection with the two incidents and have launched a hunt to trace the vehicle drivers.

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