FW Desk

Tikri: Three women farmer protesters were crushed to death when a speeding truck ran over them early morning at Tikri. The women were sitting on the footpath waiting for an auto rickshaw when the truck ran over them. While two of them died on the spot, one succumbed at the hospital. The victims have been identified as Amarajeet Kaur, Gurmail Kaur and Harshinder Kaur. Three other women were injured. One of them has been referred to the PGI, Rohtak. The incident took place around 5:30am.

The driver of the truck ran away from the accident scene, police said. According the the police, a group of seven women protesters were waiting for an auto rickshaw to go to Bahadurgarh railway station as they planned to leave for their village in Mansa, Punjab. Nar Singh, SHO, Sector 6, Bahadurgarh, police station, said the dumper driver fled the spot after the mishap while statements of eyewitnesses were being recorded.