In a tragic incident, a father and his seven-year-old son died when the motorcycle they were traveling, was hit by a rashly driven truck at Papannaguda Chowrasta on Gowrelly road in Nagole on Friday.

The incident occurred when K. Kumar (35), aa resident of Quthbullapur, along with his son K. Sudheer (7) was going on his bike towards Gowrelly.

According to the police, when they reached near Papannaguda Chowrasta, the truck which was allegedly driven rashly, hit the bike, throwing both of them off the vehicle. They died on the spot, police said, adding that efforts were on to identify and nab the truck driver.