One killed in road accident

A resident of Kad Gill village identified as Gurmeet Singh (42) was killed in a road accident on the old bypass road near the grain market on Tuesday when a speeding tractor collided head on with his car. ASI Rachhpal Singh said the Gurmeet Singh was going to his village from the Goindwal Sahib bypass in his Bolero car. The victim’s car was hit by a speeding tractor near a petrol pump.

Satnam Singh, a relative of the deceased, said after the accident Gurmeet Singh was rushed to a private hospital in Amritsar where he succumbed to injuries. A case under Sections 106 (2), 281 and 324 (4), (5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita was registered against the tractor driver, identified as Sarabjit Singh Saba, a resident of Dialpur village, falling under the jurisdiction of the Kacha Pakka police station.