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Two killed, 3 hurt in road accidents in Chandigarh tricity
Two persons lost their lives while three sustained injuries in two separate hit-and-run incidents in Chandigarh and Mohali on Tuesday
Two persons lost their lives while three sustained injuries in two separate hit-and-run incidents in Chandigarh and Mohali on Tuesday.
In the first case, a 45-year-old man was killed and two of his relatives were wounded after the pick-up vehicle they were travelling in was hit by an SUV that jumped a red light at sector 8/9/17/18 traffic junction in the wee hours.
The deceased is Kishanpal of Hoshiarpur, father of five daughters, while those injured are Raju and Kishan.
Sonu, a vegetable seller, who was driving the pick-up vehicle, said the victims were his relatives and they had gone to Sector-26 mandi. He said the victims were sitting in the back of the vehicle where impact of the collision was the strongest.
They were rushed to GMSH-16 where Kishanpal was pronounced dead on arrival.
Sonu said the number plate (PB-13Z-4545) of the SUV had fallen at the accident spot which he handed over to the police. Cops have identified the vehicle and are in process of tracing the owner.
An FIR under Sections 279, 304 A and 337 of the IPC has been registered against the SUV driver.
In the second accident, a 24-year-old man was killed while his friend sustained serious injuries after a car hit their motorcycle at a traffic junction on the Zirakpur-Patiala road.
The deceased is Anoop Kumar, while the injured is Raman Kumar. They were on their way to Rajpura. The victims were rushed to the Zirakpur civil hospital, where Anoop was declared brought dead. Raman has been shifted to PGIMER owing to his critical medical condition.
The police have registered a case against the unidentified driver of the car, who fled the site soon after the accident.
