Indore horror: Dashing truck mows down pedestrians, set ablaze by offended mob; At the very least 2 useless, a number of injured

A dashing truck ran over a number of autos and pedestrians earlier than being set alight by an offended crowd on Airport Street, close to the Bada Ganpati temple in Indore on Monday night.

Police confirmed that a minimum of two folks have died, whereas a number of others had been rushed to close by hospitals with accidents.

Officers reported that the truck was travelling from Kalani Nagar in direction of the Bada Ganpati space when the driving force misplaced management, colliding with a number of two-wheelers and four-wheelers alongside the route. The car caught hearth after reaching a bridge, and eyewitnesses mentioned one particular person turned trapped beneath the truck because it blazed.

Further particulars from Police Commissioner Amit Singh informed PTI that the truck had struck some autos on Aerodrome Street earlier than catching hearth. “Preliminary inputs counsel two folks died on the spot and two others had been injured,” he mentioned.

Police and hearth companies rushed to the scene to extinguish the flames and help the injured. Singh added that the truck driver was arrested following the accident and is presently being questioned. Visitors on the busy Airport Street was disrupted for a number of hours following the incident. Authorities haven't but confirmed the whole variety of casualties as rescue operations proceed.

Inputs from PTI