Saharanpur (UP), Nov 8 (PTI) A 45-year-old woman was killed, while her husband and 12-year-old son sustained injuries, when the motorcycle they were travelling on collided head-on with another two-wheeler here on Sunday, police said.

    The incident took place in the Nakur police station area of Saharanpur district.

    According to police, the family was heading home for Diwali on the ill-fated motorcycle when the accident happened.

    Superintendent of Police (Rural) Mayank Pathak told PTI that Billu (50), a labourer, along with his wife Rekha and son Aditya, was returning to his village from Yamunanagar in Haryana on a motorcycle, when near Salarpur village, their vehicle collided head-on with another bike. All three were thrown from the vehicle due to the impact.

    Passersby took them to a Community Health Centre, where doctors declared Rekha dead. Billu and his son were administered first aid and later referred to the district hospital.

    Police are currently searching for the rider of the other motorcycle. Billu works as a labourer in Yamunanagar, police said.

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