A woman and a four-year-old boy were killed after a truck knocked them down outside a hospital in Maharashtra's Thane district, police said on Friday, reported the PTI.

The accident occurred near the main gate of Indira Gandhi Memorial (IGM) Hospital in Bhiwandi town of Thane on Thursday, an official said.

The victim woman was identified as Soni Bano, a resident of the Shantinagar area. She had come to the hospital for her brother's treatment, a police official said on Friday.