Car hits parked truck, one killed, 2 injured

Our Correspondent

Abohar, May 22

A woman died on the spot and two others were grievously injured as the car they were travelling in reportedly rammed into a truck that was parked on the Sriganganagar highway near Abohar last night.

Preliminary investigation indicated that a Gobindgarh village family was returning home on Sunday night after paying obeisance at a religious place in Sriganganagar.

The truck’s dipper indicators were not working. The truck staff fled the scene. A pickup van halted there and shifted the victims to the Abohar Civil Hospital.

Surjit Kaur (43) was declared brought dead, while critically injured Mandeep Kaur and Iqbal Singh were admitted to the emergency ward. A case has been registered.

SHO’s vehicle damaged

Muktsar: The official vehicle of the SHO, Sadar Muktsar police station, got badly damaged after it hit two tractor- trailers at Bura Gujjar village here on Sunday night. Villagers alleged that the cop driving the Scorpio was drunk. However, SHO Perivinkle Grewal said, “It was a minor accident and we are getting the repair done at our own level. The tractor driver was not at fault.” — TNS