Jalandhar, September 29
Two persons were killed and three had a miraculous escape in three separate road accidents in the city in last 24 hours.
A resident of Chak Jagar, Jammu and Kashmir, died in a hit-and-run case on the Jammu-Jalandhar highway yesterday. Truck
driver Puran Chand, the victim, was ferrying a truck loaded with apples to Ferozabad, Uttar Pradesh, from Srinagar.
He and Om Prakash, a fellow driver, were crossing the road after parking their vehicles in order to get some medicine from a clinic in Pachranga village, said ASI Nirmal Singh, an investigating officer of the case. A Maruti van hit Puran Chand while he was crossing the highway, leaving him injured.
An auto-rickshaw driver Raj Kumar, resident of Avtar Nagar, was killed when a truck rammed into the stationary auto at Pathankot Chowk on
the Jalandhar-Jammu highway today.
In another incident, three members of a family had a narrow escape when a private bus collided with the car they travelling in. Following the collision, an oil tanker heading towards the same
direction, hit the car on its right side.
