Retd prof, son killed in Sangrur accident

Tribune News Service

Sangrur, October 21

A retired professor and his son were killed when the car they were travelling in hit a motorcyclist coming from the wrong side and rammed into a bus at Bhindran village on the Patiala-Bathinda road today. Motorcyclist Harwinder Singh (36), who worked as a mechanic, also died in the accident.

Ajit Singh (84), who retired as a professor from the Department of Punjab Historical Studies, Punjabi University, Patiala, and his son Ramandeep Singh (44), an assistant professor at Government Polytechnic College for Girls, Patiala, died on the spot.

Ajit Singh’s wife Mahinder Kaur (80) suffered injuries. They were on the way to Sangrur from Patiala.

“Passengers were getting off at the village bus stop when the motorcyclist crossed the road from the wrong side. Car driver Ramandeep Singh, while trying to save the biker, turned towards the left. The car first hit the motorcycle and then the bus,” said Ranjit Singh, SHO of Sangrur Sadar police station.

The police have registered a case under Section 304-A of the IPC against Harwinder.