Hyderabad: Two persons were killed when a sand-laden truck hit a two-wheeler at Greenlands, Begumpet early on Sunday.
The deceased are Kasturi Jagadish Chandra, 35 years, who worked at KIMS Hospital, and the bike taxi driver M Naveen, 30 years.
According to the police, the doctor hired a bike taxi to reach the hospital when on the way the driver of the sand-laden lorry, Shanker, hit the scooter at a high speed from behind.
Jagadish and Naveen fell on the road and the truck ran over them.
Naveen died on the spot and the doctor was rushed to the hospital with injuries where he was declared brought dead.
The Punjagutta police took Shanker into custody and seized the lorry. A case has been booked.
