Rly employee killed in mishap
One Railway Protection Force employee was killed and five others sustained injuries when a speeding PRTC bus collided with a truck near Club Cabanna on the national highway today. The deceased has been identified as Gurjeet Singh of Mukerian.
The impact caused the truck to overturn, resulting in the death of a railway employee and injuries to five others. The injured have been admitted to the Civil Hospital in Phagwara. RPF officials reported that the vehicles travelling towards Jalandhar was hit from behind by a speeding bus.
Following the accident, the bus driver and conductor fled the scene. According to the police, all victims were railway employees identified as Bhupinder, Ravinder, Surinder, Gautam and Ajit Singh, all residents of Jalandhar.
A doctor from the Civil Hospital confirmed that due to the critical condition of Bhupinder and Ravinder, they have been referred to a hospital in Jalandhar for further treatment.