Etawah (UP), Oct 11 (PTI) Two members of a family were killed and three injured when a truck hit the e-rickshaw they were travelling in on the National Highway-2 in the Ekdil area of this Uttar Pradesh district, police said on Wednesday.

Yunus (45) and his 13-year-old son Sohail were killed when the truck rear-ended the e-rickshaw near the Fufai village late on Tuesday, Ekdil SHO Deepak Kumar said.

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The injured have been identified as Rukhsar, Kasim and Saleem.

The family was returning to Etawah from Ekdil when the accident occurred, Kumar said.

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No arrests have been made in his connection and a probe is underway, the police said.

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