Six people were killed and six others injured on Thursday in a head-on collision between a truck and a sports utility vehicle (SUV) in Haryana's Jind district.
According to the police, the truck rammed into the Toyota Innova carrying 12 people.
Five people were killed on the spot, while the sixth victim died on the way to a hospital in Rohtak.
The victims were headed to Sirsa from Shamli in Uttar Pradesh after celebrating Eid.
Police said that six more travelling in the SUV were hospitalized. The accident took place near Taloda Kheri village in Jind district in early hours on Thursday. The loaded truck was covered by a black coloured sheet and even its reflectors were not visible. The Innova’s driver failed to notice the truck ahead and rammed into it, they said.
In a separate accident, two men were killed after their motorcycle was hit by a bus near Nariangarh, Ambala on Thursday.
Gurdeep Singh (22) and Gurmeet Singh (23), residents of Ghanour village in Patiala district, were going to pay obeisance at Hemkund Sahib in Uttarakhand, Police said.
Their friend Gurpreet Singh, who was on a separate motorcycle, told police that the two were crossing toll tax barrier near Nariangarh when a college bus coming from opposite direction hit their bike. They sustained injuries on head and were rushed to civil hospital at Naraingarh, where the doctors declared them brought dead, police said.
A case of rash and negligent driving was registered against the driver of the bus, police added.