Nov 18, 2024 10:55 PM IST
The deceased have been recognized as Palak Arora (44), Piyush Arora (14) and his aunt Jyoti Bala (55), all residents of Amritsar.
Three of a household died, two suffered severe accidents in a deadly street accident close to Lamma Pind village on Amritsar-Ludhiana nationwide freeway.
‘Preliminary investigations reveal that seven people were on their way to Ludhiana in their vehicle when they hit a truck carrying paddy stock while overtaking it.’ (HT Photograph)
The deceased have been recognized as Palak Arora (44), Piyush Arora (14) and his aunt Jyoti Bala (55), all residents of Amritsar.
SHO Division quantity 8 police station Gurmukh Singh Deol mentioned the incident occurred round 3.30pm when the household was travelling to Ludhiana to satisfy their relations of their Maruti Ertiga (PB 29P 5018).
“Preliminary investigations reveal that seven people were on their way to Ludhiana in their vehicle when they hit a truck carrying paddy stock while overtaking it. The vehicle flipped over multiple times before hitting an iron pole on the roadside. The impact of the collision could be gauged from the fact that even the truck, which was overloaded lost control and overturned on the road,” SHO mentioned.
He added that the crash left the automotive utterly mangled and police had to make use of cutters and cranes to retrieve the victims’ our bodies. “It took one and half hours to retrieve the dead bodies of the victims from the vehicle. They succumbed to their injuries on the spot,” police mentioned.
Two of the injured individuals together with a girl and a minor boy suffered severe accidents and are presently below medical remark, whereas two different occupants had been protected.
In the meantime, the motive force of the truck managed to flee from the spot.
“We’re figuring out the truck driver in opposition to whom the case has been registered below sections of 106 (inflicting loss of life by negligence), 281 (rash driving) and 125-A (endangering life or private security of others) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.