2 die, 4 injured in car-tanker collision on Nalagarh-Ropar highway

Tribune News Service

Solan, January 21

Two Haryana residents were killed and four others injured after a car collided with a tanker near Bela temple on the Nalagarh-Ropar national highway on Wednesday night.

The accident took place at around 11.45 pm.

Baddi SP Rohit Malpani said the deceased had been identified as 25-year old Shakti and 36-year old Virender, both of whom hailed from Rohtak.

As per the police probe, the accident occurred due to rash and negligent driving by the car driver.

The car was completely damaged in the accident, the Baddi SP said.

The car driver was among those who were killed, he added.

The tanker driver, Gurpyar Singh, who hails from Bhatinda in Punjab, told the police that the mishap occured when he was returning to Nalagarh from Bhatinda. He said the car driver was driving at a high speed in the wrong direction near Bela temple.

The occupants of the car were rushed to the community health centre at Nalagarh, where the two were declared dead.

The injured had been identified as Sunil Kumar (38), a Gurgaon resident; Sagar (26), Azad (30) and Mukesh (26), all of whom hail from Rohtak, the Baddi SP said.