4 persons mowed down by truck

Four persons, including two brothers, were today mowed down by a truck near village Bass, about 40 km from here, police said.

The victims were identified as Ram Mehar (40), his brother Dashrath (26), both residents of Surpura village; Sanjay (23) and Sanjay Mistri (35), both from Jhojhu Khurd village in Dadri district.

According to police, Ram Mehar, Dashrath and Sanjay were going in a vehicle laden with fodder toSurpura village. Their vehicle stopped due to some technical fault and they called Mistri for repairing. As they waited near the vehicle, a truck came, crushing all the four, they said.
 

The truck drivermanaged to escape after the accident, police said, adding that a case was registered against the unidentified truck driver.