Two killed as bike collides with bus

Two motorcyclists were killed when their bike collided with a bus of a private university coming from the opposite direction near Malaud town on the Kup-Payal road near here on Thursday morning.

The victims, identified as Manjinder Singh (27) of Rorian village and Rupinder Singh Rupi (42) of Malaud, were going to a shoe factory on the Ludhiana-Malerkotla road for duty.

Though the police are yet to verify sequence of events leading to the mishap, Balraj Singh of Rorian village, in his statement given to the Malaud police, alleged that when his son Manjinder Singh and his friend Rupinder Singh were going to Kup Kalan around 8 am on the bike, the driver of the bus (bearing registration number Punjab 11 DF 9771) hit the motorcycle due to negligence.

The victims became unconscious after the collision with the bus and they were declared brought dead at a hospital.

The complainant alleged that the accident had occurred as the driver, later identified as Sukhwinder Singh of Jhall village in the Amargarh subdivision, had lost control over the vehicle due to high speed.

The collision was so powerful that front parts of both vehicles were badly damaged.

No occupant of the bus was reported to be hurt.

Having received a formal complaint, the Malaud police registered an FIR under various sections of the BNS against the bus driver, who reportedly fled the scene.