The celebration of Karva Chauth festival turned into gloom for a family of Kishangarh village under Meham sub-division here when its five members died in a road mishap that occurred near Bahu Akbarpur village on the National Highway-10 here on Tuesday.
Six persons, including another resident of the village, were killed when a Xylo they were travelling in collided head-on with Haryana Roadways bus near a centre of All India Radio (AIR) between Madina and Bahu Akbarpur villages.
The deceased have been identified as Manjeet, his wife Rani, son Ankush, younger brother Amit, nephew Sagar and the MUV driver Rakesh.No case in this regard was registered till the filing of this report. Police have started an investigation.The accident occurred on Tuesday noon when Manjeet along with his family members was going to Samchana village here in his MUV.
As they neared Bahu Akbarpur village, the MUV reportedly collided with the bus of Rohtak depot coming from the opposite direction. All the six occupants of the MUV died on the spot.
Hearing the crash, locals working in nearby fields rushed to the spot and extricated the bodies from the ill-fated MUV. The police too reached the spot on receipt of information and sent the bodies to PGIMS Rohtak for a post-mortem examination after taking stock of the situation.
“The accident was so horrific that the MUV got entwined with the roadways bus during the collision and police had to call a crane to take it out from there,” said a villager.
On the other hand, the police had to toil hard for the identification of the deceased since they did not get any ID after going through the pockets of the victims except the driving licence of the MUV driver, Rakesh.
Then, the information was sent to Kishangarh village and the police contacted the driver’s next of kin who informed that he along with five members of a village family had gone to Samchana village in his MUV. Thereafter, villagers rushed to the PGIMS and recognised the bodies.
“Amit had got married to his brother Manjeet’s sister- in-law at Samchana village and all the family members were going to meet the newly-wed bride when the accident took place,” said police, adding that bodies of the deceased were handed over to their kin after getting their post- mortem done.