Five people were killed and five seriously injured as a truck mowed them down near Bisanda town on Wednesday, police said.
According to the police, the sand-laden truck first ran over a 61-year-old retired teacher, triggering a chain of events that led to multiple deaths.
Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) Shivraj said the incident occurred around 4.45 pm near the road leading from Lauli-Shiv village, when the truck first hit and killed retired teacher Rameshwar from Ghuri village.
After the accident, locals began chasing the fleeing truck on motorcycles.
In panic, the driver sped towards Bisanda town and near Nathoo Talab on the Oran road, hit an oncoming e-rickshaw and overturned.
Four e-rickshaw passengers – Mamta, 48, Rakesh, 45, Shahbaz, 12, and Naveen, 40, all residents of Kurrahi village – were killed on the spot, the officer said.
Five other people travelling in the e-rickshaw sustained serious injuries and were taken to a hospital.
The police said the truck driver fled from the spot and efforts are under way to trace him.
The bodies were sent for post-mortem.
