One crushed under wheels of tractor-trailer
Three persons died here on Thursday in two separate incidents. In the first incident one person was crushed under the wheels of tractor- trailer on the Tarn Taran-Amritsar road near Gohalwar village.
The deceased was identified as Kulbir Singh (42), a resident of Kot Dausandhi Mall. He was following his father Mehinga Singh (70) and his relative Anmoljit Singh on a bike, who were riding another motorcycle. When Mehinga Singh and Anmoljit Singh were taking over paddy-laden tractor-trailer, their two-wheeler was hit by the tractor-trailer and they fell down in a road side field. When Kulbir and Mehinga tried to stop driver of the tractor-trailer, he drove his vehicle over Kulbir. Kulbir succumbed to injuries while he was being taken to the civil hospital.
Harmandeep Singh, driver of the tractor-trailer, a resident of Pandori Ran Singh village, has been booked under Sections 105 and 281 of the BNS by the police. He was on way to the local grain market to sell his paddy.
In the second incident, two real brothers drowned in a drain near Gaggo Bua village. They were identified as Raj Kumar (30) and his brother Mantoj Kumar (32), residents of Uttar Pradesh. They were living in a rented accommodation at Chabal village. The deceased used to do POP work in buildings. They were going back to their accommodation on a motorcycle on Thursday evening. When they reached near Gaggo Bua bridge, the bike driver lost control over the vehicle and the duo fell into the drain. The Chabal police reached the spot and recovered bodies from the drain.
After initiating proceedings, the police handed over bodies to families of deceased.