Chhatarpur (Madhya Pradesh): A 40-year-old man and his teenage son were killed after a car collided head-on with their motorcycle in Madhya Pradesh's Chhatarpur district, police said on Wednesday.
The accident took place around 8 pm on Tuesday on Khajuraho-Jhansi National Highway, over 20 km from the district headquarters, Naugaon police station in-charge Deepak Yadav said.
After hitting the two-wheeler, the car caught fire and its driver fled from the spot, he said, adding that a fire brigade team was later called to douse the flames.
The two motorcycle riders, Raghvendra Singh Bundela and his son Kallu Singh (14), died on the spot, the official said.
A case was registered against the car driver and efforts were on to trace him, he added.
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