Our Correspondent
Tarn Taran, May 10

A man and his son, who were riding a motorcycle, were killed in a road accident on the national highway near Bagrian village here on Sunday evening. Besides, his wife, who was also riding the motorcycle, was seriously injured.

The accident occurred when a speeding Ford Figo car (HR-26 BR-5972) hit their motorcycle (PB-46 L-2974) from the side.

The victims, who were residents of Pakhoke village, have been identified as Paramjit Singh (47) and his son Jarmanjit Singh (13). Sukhwinder Kaur, wife of Paramjit Singh, was seriously injured . She had been admitted to a private hospital here.

The family was going from Mannan village to Pakhoke village. They were crossing the road when the car hit them.

The local Sadar police have registered a case under Sections 304-A, 279 and 427 of the IPC against the driver of the car who absconded from the spot. The postmortem was conducted at the local Civil Hospital here on Monday.