FIROZABAD: A 50-year-old man and his minor son were killed, while his teenage daughter sustained critical injuries after a gas tanker ran over them as they were sleeping outside their house in Uttar Pradesh’s Firozabad district early Tuesday, police said. The accident took place in Mohammadpur village under the Shikohabad police station limits. Circle Officer Amrish Kumar said police received information through Dial 112 around 5.30 am that a gas tanker had run over three members of a family sleeping outside their home. A police team rushed to the spot and shifted the injured to Shikohabad Joint Hospital, where doctors declared Kasim (50) and his 11-year-old son, Tausim, dead. Kasim’s 14-year-old daughter, Shifa, is undergoing treatment at the hospital with critical injuries, the officer said. Police have seized the tanker and taken its driver into custody, Kumar added.
