4 killed as truck falls on hut

Narsinghpur(MP), Feb 5 (UNI) Four members of a family were killed on the spot as a truck loaded with foodgrains fell on a hutment at Gadarwara, 50 km from here, early this morning.

Police said Kallu(28), his wife, 3-year-old daughter and one and a half year-old son, who were asleep, were killed as the truck while ascending an incline suddenly moved on the reverse and fell on the hut.

Police arrested Komal Singh, driver of the truck going to Gadarwara from Narsinghpur.

The district authorities announced ex-gratia of Rs 5,000 each to the next of kin of the dead.

UNI