Saharanpur (UP), Aug 5 (PTI) A woman and her two-and-a-half-year-old daughter were run over by a pickup truck when they fell on the road after the motorcycle on which they were travelling collided with a scooty here on Saturday, police said.

The woman's husband and brother-in-law were injured in the incident that took place near Nau Gaja Pir, they said.

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Superintendent of Police (Rural) Sagar Jain told PTI that Naushad (36), a resident of Mohalla Gonia under Fatehpur police station, was going to Saharanpur with his brother Irshad (32), wife Afsan (32) and daughter Mehak on a motorcycle.

When they reached near Nau Gaja Pir, a scooty hit their motorcycle and all four of them fell down. A pickup truck that was coming from behind crushed Afsan and Mehak, killing both of them on the spot. Naushad and Irshad suffered injuries, the SP said.

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After receiving information about the incident, the injured were taken to the hospital. The bodies have been sent for post-mortem examination, Jain said.

A hunt is underway for scooty and pickup truck drivers, police said.

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