India, Jan. 14 -- A 17-year-old boy was killed, and at least three bystanders were critically injured after a moving container truck's tyre allegedly burst and shrapnel from the rim hit the victims at Badkali Chowk on the Nuh-Alwar road, police said on Tuesday.

The deceased was identified as Mohammad Vakil, a resident of Kherla village who worked at a garage on the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway in Nagina, police said. The injured were identified as Mohammad Munfed, 33, of Nagina; Mujahid, 20, of Karheri; and Mohammad Shahbaz, 16, of Dhana, all from different parts of Nuh, they added.

Police said the incident took place between 11.30 am and 11.45 am on Sunday when the container truck came out of a garage at Badkali Chowk and was moving on the ...