Minor girls, their mother crushed under truck

Two minor girls and their mother were crushed to death by a truck near the SSP office here today, police said.

The incident occurred when Aruna (45) and her daughters Sujata and Sunita, aged 10 and five years, respectively, were going to a hospital and the driver, who was reversing the the loaded truck, failed to notice them, police said.

The three were rushed to a hospital, but they succumbed to injuries, they added.