At least six persons, including a couple, were killed and three others were injured in three separate road mishaps in Jhajjar during last 24 hours. The injured have been admitted to PGIMS in Rohtak where their condition is stated to be critical.
The first accident took place on Badli road here on Thursday night when an Alto car rammed into a stationed truck near Jahangirpur village. The car driver 24-year-old Vikas of Bodiya village reportedly died on the spot. Vikas was returning to the village after attending a marriage function in Delhi.
At the same time, the truck driver Gautam of Mangolpuri (Delhi) and cleaner Horinder of Bulandshahr (Uttar Pradesh), who were replacing the tyre of the truck, were crushed to death by another vehicle. The police, on getting information, rushed to the spot and sent the bodies to civil hospital for post- mortem examination.
The bodies were handed over to their kin after postmortem examination on Friday. The second mishap occurred on Thursday morning when Harish Mittal of Nangloi (Delhi) along with his family members was going to Talav village here from Delhi in his Santro car. As they reached near Jhajjar bypass, the car was hit by a truck. Harish and his wife Sonia reportedly died on the spot while their 2-year-old daughter Shreya and two other car occupants — Geeta and Abhishek — sustained serious injuries in the collision. The passerby rushed the injured to civil hospital from where they were referred to PGIMS in Rohtak due to their critical condition.
In another accident, a 24-year-old farmer-Jagmal Singh of Jahangirpur village here- reported sustained serious injuries when he lost control over his tractor while coming back to his house after watering fields. The tractor overturned and he came under it. Jagmal was immediately taken to a nearby hospital where he succumbed to his injuries after sometime.