Killer roads: Six friends among 12 dead in four Haryana accidents
KARNAL : As many as 12 persons were killed in four road accidents in Haryana on Sunday.
Six friends were killed after the Mahindra Scorpio SUV they were travelling in skidded off the Pundri-Dhand road in Kaithal late on Saturday.
The deceased are Ajay Kumar, 23, Ramkesh, 26, and Ankush Kumar, 22, of Hisar’s Surewala village; Kapil Kumar, 20, of Hisar’s Bithmara village; Dipak Kumar, 21, of Karnal’s Gagsina village and Sunil Kumar, 26, of Fatehabad’s Haswala village.
While bodies of five victims were found inside the SUV, Ramkesh was found dead about 100ft away from the spot on Sunday morning.
As per family members of the victims, they had gone on a three-day trip to Haridwar.
The police said the accident took place on their return journey.
All of them were taken to the civil hospital in Kaithal, where doctors pronounced them dead on arrival.
Police officials associated with the investigation said poor visibility due to fog had caused the accident.
However, the police have registered a first information report (FIR) under Sections 304-A and 279 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) against the driver of an unidentified vehicle which might have hit the SUV.
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