15 injured in mishap on Panipat-Rohtak highway

As many as 15 persons sustained injuries in an accident that occurred near Dahar toll plaza on the Panipat-Rohtak highway, when a Haryana Roadways bus rammed into an iron pole of the toll plaza and stopped on the divider there.

Scores of people, including toll employees gathered near the accident site and they immediately brought out the injured from the bus and got them admitted to a private medical college in Israna.

As per the available information, a Haryana Roadways bus of Rohtak Depot was on its way to Rohtak from Chandigarh on Thursday. The bus was speeding and as the bus reached near the Dahar toll plaza on the Panipat-Haridwar highway the driver lost control over it and the bus rammed into an iron pole on the divider and after hitting the pole the bus stopped. Due to the high speed several passengers in the bus sustained injuries.

Toll employees rushed the injured to a private hospital in Israna. As per the reports, the injured have been identified as Nayara (2) from Jind, Rajwanti (65) from Panipat, Anu (25) and her two children Vanshika and Shaurya from Rohtak, Mahesh from Jhajjar, Poonam from Bhiwani, Annu from Rohtak, Sushil Kumar from Jhajjar, and Krishan Kumar from Karnal.