Groom’s mother, niece returning from wedding killed in accident at Khanna

10 relatives, tempo traveller driver suffer injuries; family was travelling from Delhi to Amritsar

Wedding celebrations turned sour as the 58-year-old mother of the groom and her granddaughter were killed after their tempo traveller rammed into a stationary truck on the national highway near Libra village in Khanna.

The wedding party’s tempo traveller that rammed into a stationary truck near Libra village, Khanna. The truck driver fled after abandoning his vehicle. (HT Photo)

The mishap also left their 10 relatives and the driver injured.

The deceased have been identified as Gurcharan Kaur, 58, of Kot Mangal Singh, Amritsar, and her granddaughter, Jaishree, 3, of Dehradun.

The injured are Davinder Kaur, Satnam Kaur, Prabhdeep Kaur, Ginni Kaur, Harpreet Singh, Rinkle, Sarabjit Kaur, Roshan Singh, Jasmeet Kaur, Gurnoor Singh and driver Umesh Kumar.

Gurcharan’s husband Ajit Singh, 60, said they were returning to Amritsar from Delhi after the wedding of their son, Parminder Singh. While he was travelling in a car, Gursharan and other relatives were in a tempo traveller that they had hired.

After they reached near Libra village, the driver suddenly rammed the vehicle into a stationary truck, killing his wife and their granddaughter on the spot. The driver and their relatives were rushed to the hospital with the help of passers-by.

The victims’ bodies were handed over to the family following autopsy.