Uttar Pradesh: Two school-going siblings die as harvester hit their motorcycle in Shahjahanpur

Both the siblings fell to the ground and were run over by the machine, leading to their deaths on the spot. Representational Pic

In an unfortunate incident, two teenage siblings were killed on Friday after being crushed by a harvester while on their way to school in Uttar Pradesh's Shahjahanpur, police officials said.

The incident occurred when a 17-year-old, class 11 student, and his 15-year-old sister, studying in class 10, were riding a motorcycle to their school in the Mansurpur village and a harvester coming from behind hit their vehicle, Superintendent of Police Rajesh Dwivedi told PTI.

Both the siblings fell to the ground and were run over by the machine, leading to their deaths on the spot, the SP said.

The police have sent the deceased for a post-mortem, the SP said, adding that the harvester has been seized and its driver has been taken into custody.

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