Morni man booked for negligent driving

Tribune News Service

Panchkula, September 5

The police have booked a Morni resident, Ashok Kumar, on the charge of negligent driving that led to an accident killing three members of a family in a road accident in Barwala on Saturday evening.

A 35-year-old man and his two children, aged three and six, died, while his wife suffered injuries after two motorcycles collided near the Air Force Station.

The police said they were yet to arrest the suspect. He (the suspect) also suffered injuries in the mishap and was undergoing treatment at the hospital.

The deceased were identified as Sunil, his son Navneet and daughter Rishu. Sunil’s wife Neeraj (32) received serious injuries in her right leg.

Neeraj, in her statement to the police, said the incident took place when they were returning to their accommodation at a brick-kiln in Dera Bassi where they used to work.

They had gone to Barwala to purchase medicine for their children, she told the police. A case was registered under Sections 279 (rash driving or riding on a public way), 304-A (causing death by negligence), 337 (causing hurt by rash or negligible act endangering human life) and Section 184 and 185 of the Motor Vehicle Act at the Chandimandir police station.