Two Rohtak residents killed in road mishap in Himachal

Solan, January 21

Two Haryana residents were killed and four others injured when the SUV they were travelling in rammed into a tanker coming from the opposite side near Bela temple on the Nalagarh-Ropar national highway last night.

Rohit Malpani, SP, Baddi, said the deceased had been identified as Shakti (25) and Virender (36), both natives of Rohtak in Haryana. They were on way to Manali when the mishap occurred. Shakti was driving the SUV.

According to the police, the accident occurred due to rash driving by the Innova driver. Tanker driver Gurpyar Singh, who hails from Bathinda in Punjab, told the police that the mishap occurred when he was returning to Nalagarh from Bathinda and the Innova, which was overspeeding and being driven in the wrong direction, hit the tanker near Bela temple on the highway. The occupants of the SUV were rushed to the community health centre at Nalagarh where two were declared dead. — TNS