Three, including boy, killed in road mishaps

Tribune News Service

Ludhiana, January 22

A four-year-old boy, Jashanpreet Singh, was crushed to death by a car in Khanna yesterday.

The boy was a resident of Kot Panach village in Khanna. The errant driver was identified as Gurtej Singh Teji, a resident of Ikolaha village in Khanna.

As per the father of the deceased child, Gagandeep Singh, yesterday his son was playing on road when the car driver rammed his Alto car into his son who suffered serious injuries. The injured boy was immediately rushed to the Apollo hospital where doctors declared him brought dead.

Later, the accused car driver was identified, but he managed to give a slip to the police.

In another accident, two bike-borne persons died in an accident after their bike was hit by a milk canter in Jagraon yesterday. One of the deceased was identified as Sandeep Singh. The victim’s father, Paramjit Singh, said his son, along with his friend, was heading to Moga from Raikot on their motorcycle. The moment they reached near Roomi Sua village, a milk canter coming from the Jagraon side, rammed into them. Both bike-borne persons suffered serious injuries in the accident and died on the spot. After the accident, the canter driver fled from the mishap site.