Meerut, May 8 -- In a major road accident, five members of a family, including three children, were killed after a truck ran over their motorcycle on National Highway-34 in Bulandshahr district on Friday. The truck driver managed to escape with the vehicle soon after the accident, police said.

The victims were identified as Uttam Kumar, 45, his wife Urmila, 40, and their three children - Nishant, 8, Disha, 6, and Anayra, 4. The family belonged to Dhameda Kirat village under the Kotwali Nagar police station area.

According to the police, the family had travelled to Khurja on the motorcycle for some work and was returning home when the accident occurred near Bhansauli cut under the Dehat Kotwali police station limits on NH-34.

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