SUV overturns on Sonepat-Delhi road, 2 friends returning from Himachal killed
Two friends returning from a trip to Himachal Pradesh were killed as their SUV overturned on the GT road in Alipur area of outer north Delhi early on Thursday, an official said.
Kartik Kakkar (20) was a resident of Vikaspuri, and his friend Yashraj Sidhu (23), a resident of Madhya Pradesh's Bhopal, police said.
The incident happened early on Thursday when the friends were returning after visiting Lahaul and Spiti Valley and Kasol among other places in Himachal. They were returning via Chandigarh.
According to the police, they received a call about the accident around 3 am. A team from the Alipur police station rushed to the spot and found the vehicle lying on the divider of the Sonepat-Delhi road.
Both men were rushed to SRHC Hospital by the PCR van, the officer said.
He said police are investigating if the Mahindra Thar met with the accident due to fog.
Police said Kakkar was a second-year student at a college in Delhi's Prashant Vihar and his friend, a graduate, recently started a clothing business.
"They had travelled to Shimla on January 11. From Shimla, both visited different places and were returning to Delhi when the accident occurred on the GT road near Bakauli Gaon," a police officer said.
