Eight killed, 5 injured in mishaps in Abohar, Sriganganagar

Abohar/Sriganganagar, Aug 26

At least eight persons were killed and five injured in road accidents in the past 24 hours, in Abohar and Sriganganagar.

Five persons were killed as two cars, in which they were travelling, collided near Khunichak (Singhpura) village, on the Sriganganagar-Suratgarh stretch of the NH-15, last evening.

The police said a car coming from Sriganganagar collided with another coming from Bikaner, while overtaking another vehicle. Baltej Singh, Sukhjit Kaur, Lovleen Kaur, Het Ram and Ramdhan were killed, while Arman Singh, Karamjit Kaur and Pooja are undergoing treatment at a hospital.

Meanwhile, Rajesh of Gobindgarh village died while his pillion-riding friend Rakesh, and Varinder, who was on another motorcycle, were injured, as the two bikes collided near Abohar.

In another mishap, Jagrup Singh of Alayaki village died, as a tractor reportedly hit him on the Pakka Bhadwa link road. Meanwhile, Balwinder Singh of Chak 34-STG village died as a car reportedly hit his bike, on the way to Peelibanga. — OC