Four of family dead as truck hits scooty in Uttar Pradesh's Auraiya

AURAIYA: Four members of a family riding a scooty lost their lives in Auraiya on Saturday after being hit by a speeding truck coming from the opposite direction, police said.
Raj Gautam (23), a resident of Ajitmal, was returning to Bhikhampur along with his sister Priti (20), nephew Vijay (10) and a 12-year-old niece on the scooty when it was hit by the truck near a national highway overbridge in Chiruhali, they said.
Superintendent of police, Auraiya, Aparna said all four died on the spot.
The truck driver was held and the truck seized, she added.