Jabalpur (Madhya Pradesh): A man and his daughter died in a road accident at National Highway (NH) 12 near the Sahajpur area on Thursday.
The deceased were identified as Prakash Singh 32 and Khushi, 6, residents of Bhita village. They were on their way back home from Natwara hospital.
According to the Shahpura police station in charge Priyanka Kewat, Prakash went to Natwara hospital to get the birth certificate of her daughter. On their way back home, their bike collided head on with a truck (TN 09 CD 3467) arriving from Bhopal.
Both Prakash and his daughter died on the spot. The villagers followed the truck and caught the driver. The police rushed to the spot and took the driver into custody.
The arrested driver Narayan Patel told police that the truck was enroute to Katni after loading Grams from Udaipur. The police have seized the truck and started further investigation.
