Woman, granddaughter crushed to death by speeding mini-truck
Used to sell clothes by roadside
An old woman and her granddaughter, who were selling clothes by the roadside in front of the DC office, were crushed to death by a speeding mini-truck today. The deceased have been identified as Manjit Kaur (55) and Khushdeep Kaur (13) of Sirhind.
It is worth mentioning that since the Shaheedi Sabha, a large number of street vendors have set up their stalls by the roadside here and a large number of people park their vehicles on the road for shopping and the traffic remains disrupted. Both the deceased were sitting on a table and the clothes were placed on a cot.
Sub Inspector Balwindra Singh said that in the statement given to the police, Ranjit Singh, the husband of the deceased, said that his wife and granddaughter used to sell ready-made clothes outside the district court. A speeding truck (PB 56 AV 1181) ran over them. They were taken to Fatehgarh Sahib Civil Hospital in a critical condition, where doctors declared them dead. He said that the police have registered a case, taken the truck in possession and handed over the bodies to the kin after post-mortem.
