4 killed as speeding car hits two scooters in Punjab’s Mukerian

Car driver arrested; victims were returning after work at wedding venue when accident occurred around Monday midnight.

Four men were killed after the two scooters they were riding were hit by a speeding car near Bhangala in Mukerian sub division of Hoshiarpur district around Monday midnight, police said.

The mangled remains of the car that rammed into two scooters, killing four men near Bhangala in Mukerian sub division around Monday midnight. (HT Photo)

The car driver was arrested and a case was registered against him.

The scooterists were returning from work at a wedding venue in Mukerian and were headed towards Kala Manjh village when they were hit by a Hyundai Venue car.

After the collision, the car hit a truck and was badly damaged.

The two-wheeler riders died on the spot.

The police reached the spot soon after and took the bodies to the civil hospital in Mukerian.

The deceased were identified as Narinder Kumar and Sukhwinder Singh of Kala Manjh, and migrants Mithun Mandal and Devid Sahu, who lived in Jalandhar.

Hajipur station house officer Harprem Singh said that investigation was underway.