UP: Old man, grandson killed as bus hits them

Bhadohi (UP), Mar 16: An old man was today killed when a speeding roadways bus hit him in Auraiyee area, the bus then killed one of his grandson and injured another when they tried to stop it after a chase, police said.

Nazir Ali (80) was killed when the roadways bus hit it on the National Highway under Auraiyee police station area here this morning, police said.

The grandsons of Nazir Ali chased the bus for about 20 km and overtook it at Lalpur area of Varanasi but the bus hit their car also killing Akbar Ali (38) and injuring his brother Nizamuddin (30), police said.

Later, however on the advice of the passengers of the bus, the driver directly drove to Mirza Murad police station in Varansi and surrendered, police said adding that the bodies have been sent for post mortem examination.

PTI