Truck kills five on footpath in Kolkata

Five persons, including four children died when a speeding truck mounted on a footpath in Kolkata.

Five persons, including four children, were killed when a speeding truck mounted on a footpath near St Andrews Church besides the state secretariat in Kolkata on Friday night.

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Police said all the five were taken to a city hospital where they were declared brought dead.

The vehicle was seized but the driver fled, the sources said.