The killer stretch of Ropar-Nawanshahr-Phagwara of National Highway 344-A has claimed four more lives on Sunday including former Indian hockey team captain, Coach Shashi Bala.45-year-old Shashi was travelling with her son Agrim Thakur (17) who also died in the accident after Alto car in which they were travelling collided with Tata Ace in Kahma village in the morning hours.
The other two deceased were identified as car driver Attar Singh (35) and Jiwan lal (15).Shashi’s daughter Varnika Thakur (23) also sustained serious injuries in this road and admitted in the hospital. Three persons travelling on two Tata Ace including Santokh Singh, lovedeep and Amrik Singh were injured in this accident and undergoing treatment in the same hospital. In this month, as many as 25 persons have lost their lives on this stretch in road accidents.