India, Nov. 6 -- A couple and their two minor children were killed when a speeding 12-wheel truck mowed them down while they were waiting roadside on a motorcycle at Firozpur Jhirka in Nuh on Wednesday evening, said police.

Police officials said that the truck driver was drunk and had fled from the spot abandoning his vehicle soon after the accident. The victims along with their motorcycle got dragged for more than 50 metres as the truck, which came from the front, could not immediately stop.

Police said that the accident took place around 400 metres away from the Ambedkar chowk in Firozpur Jhirka between 2.30pm and 2.45pm.

Inspector Jagbir Singh, station house officer of City Firozpur Jhirka police station, said that the deceased were...