2 killed, 3 seriously injured in mishaps

Two persons died and three others were seriously injured in two road accidents in the district late last evening.

The collisions were so severe that they caused chaos at the scene. Locals rushed the injured to the hospital, where one young man succumbed to his injuries, while the other remained in critical condition.

Late last evening, two motorcycles collided head-on while trying to avoid a stray cow that suddenly appeared on the road near the Bist Doab Canal Bridge in village Pachnangla. One young man died in the accident, while the person riding the other motorcycle was seriously injured.

Manpreet Singh, alias Mani (30), of Denowal Khurd was returning around 7 pm after dropping his mother-in-law in Pandori. As he approached the canal bridge, a stray cow suddenly appeared on the road. In an attempt to avoid it, his bike collided with another oncoming motorcycle, driven by Bobby Bagla (29), of Makhsoospur, and his wife Anju Kumari riding pillion.

Locals rushed the three injured to a nearby private hospital, where, after first-aid, they were referred to Shaheed Bhagat Singh Hospital in Nawanshahr. Manpreet Singh succumbed to his injuries there.

It is reported that Manpreet had married just a month earlier. The condition of the couple riding the other bike is also reported to be critical.

A tractor driver died on the spot and another was seriously injured in a head-on collision between two tractor-trolleys near a petrol pump in Baddoan village on the Mahilpur-Garhshankar road last evening. The accident was so severe that one tractor was split into two.

SI Dilbag Singh said Ashok Kumar of Rampur Billon was going towards Garhshankar with cement pillars. At that moment, another tractor-trolley coming from behind, driven by Harjinder Singh, resident of Motiyan, and his companion, Inderjit Singh, resident of Kotfatuhi, collided.