Two injured as lorry hits vehicles

Two persons were injured when a speeding lorry hit three vehicles from behind here, police said today.

The incident happened at last night when the lorry coming from Jawaharlal Nehru Road while trying to take a turn first hit a taxi and then sped past the vehicle to hit two other private vehicles.

It finally stopped after hitting and damaging a portion of the wall of the SSKM hospital, a police officer said.

The driver fled.

"It seems the driver lost control over the vehicle and went on hitting the vehicles. The vehicle has been seized and a search for the driver is initiated," he said.