Hindustan Times (Bathinda)

Five of family killed as car collides with bus in Jhajjar

Child, woman referred to PGIMS Rohtak for treatment

- HT Correspond­ent letterschd@hindustant­imes.com ■ ■

ROHTAK : Five members of a family were killed and two were injured after their car collided with a private bus in Bahadurgar­h on Monday evening. The accident was so fierce that the victims had to be drawn out from the damaged car with help of JCB machines.

The victims are yet to be identified, though the police said the family belonged to Pilani in Rajasthan and was settled in Bahadurgar­h. They were coming back here on Monday evening when their car collided with a private bus after an overtake.

The victims were rushed to hospital in Bahadurgar­h, where three women and two men were declared dead, while a girl child and another woman were referred to Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences (PGIMS) in Rohtak.

The private bus also carried passengers, but police said no one was hurt. The police said factory workers nearby heard the loud collision and carried the rescue work, including taking the victims to hospital.

2 KILLED IN MISHAPS IN YAMUNANAGA­R

Two persons, including a woman, were killed in a road accident near Yakubpur village on the Yamunanaga­r-khizrabad road in Yamunanaga­r district on Monday morning. The accident took place, when a car coming from the opposite direction hit the motorcycle of the deceased.

The victims could not be identified. The police have started investigat­ion into the matter. A case under Section 304 A of Indian Penal Code (IPC) was registered against the car driver who managed to flee the spot, the police said. The police have impounded the car.

Chhachhrol­i police station in-charge Virender Singh said investigat­ion was going on in the case to arrest the accused and bodies were sent for postmortem to the civil hospital in Yamunanaga­r

NONE OF PASSENGERS TRAVELLING IN THE PRIVATE BUS WAS INJURED; WORKERS OF A NEARBY FACTORY CARRY OUT RESCUE WORK

 ?? MANOJ DHAKA/HT ?? The wreckage of the car that collided with a private bus near Jhajjar town on Monday.
MANOJ DHAKA/HT The wreckage of the car that collided with a private bus near Jhajjar town on Monday.

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