Saharanpur (UP), May 1 (PTI) A lady teacher lost her life while her husband and their two-year-old son were seriously injured when the motorcycle they were travelling on was hit by a speeding jeep, police said on Sunday.

The accident took place under the Deoband police station area limits of the district, they said.

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Senior Superintendent of Police Akash Tomar said the accident took place late on Saturday night.

Dheeraj, a resident of Deoband, was travelling to Saharanpur on a motorcycle accompanied by his wife Priti (35), a teacher in a primary school, and their son when a speeding Bolero jeep hit their bike from back side, Tomar said.

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Police said the driver fled the spot after the accident.

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