Varanasi, September 10: A young girl was crushed to death in a road mishap, at Sindhaura Bazar here, while a policeman was killed in nearby Ahraura area in Mirzapur district in another road accident.
Police sources said that a youth was coming to Varanasi from Jaunpur with a young college girl on a motorcycle today, when his bike was hit by a truck coming from the opposite side resulting in the death of the girl on the spot.
The youth escaped unhurt in the accident and surprisingly after the accident fled off from the spot on his bike.
Police recovered a bag from the site of the accident and which contained some copies indicating that deceased was a student and her name might be Kusum.
In another road accident, a policeman Samlesh Yadav (40), who was posted at Budadeyi police outpost, under the Ahraura police station in Mirzapur district was crushed to death when he was hit by a truck on Varanasi-Shaktinagar road early today.
After the accident truck escaped from there, police sources said and added that that three policemen had gone to search for a notorious criminal Subhash of Adalhat.
Police is investigating both the incidents.
—Agencies