3 killed, two injured in separate accidents in Hoshiarpur district

Three persons were killed and two others, including a woman, were injured in separate road accidents reported from different parts of Hoshiarpur district. The police have registered cases and launched investigation.

In the first accident, Amarjit Kaur of Salwara village told the Focal Point police that she was returning home with her husband Satnam Singh on a scooter late at night. When they reached near a railway crossing, a motorcycle allegedly rammed into their scooter. The impact threw both of them onto the road. Passers-by rushed the injured couple to a nearby private hospital, where doctors declared Satnam Singh dead. The motorcycle rider also sustained injuries in the accident. The police have booked Harmanjeet Singh, a resident of Guru Gobind Singh Colony, for rash and negligent driving.

In another incident, Jaspal Singh Bedi of Pandori Baba Dass village told the Bullowal police that his brother-in-law Vishal Kumar was hit by an unidentified vehicle near Alowal village. Vishal succumbed to his injuries. The police have registered a case against an unidentified driver and started efforts to trace the vehicle. In the third accident, a 65-year-old cyclist, Kashmiri Lal of Santosh Nagar, Garhshankar, was killed after being run over by a tractor-trailer on the Garhshankar-Nangal road this morning. According to police, the tractor-trailer hit the cyclist from behind, and the driver fled the spot.

Based on the statement of the deceased’s son, Amit Sharma, Garhshankar Police have registered a case against the tractor-trailer driver, Lucky, a resident of Gurpalah village in Una district of Himachal Pradesh, under relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS). The body was sent for post-mortem and later handed over to the family. Further investigation is underway.