Four killed and five injured in a road accident in Punjab

News, Punjab

Four persons were killed and five were injured in Abohar, Punjab when a Fortuner collided with a three-wheeler (Tempo) on the Sriganganagar-Srikaranpur road.

Tulsi Dass Purohit, DSP, who led a police team to the mishap site, said Kalu Ram, Jagsir Singh and Balaur Singh died on the spot, while an unidentified cyclist succumbed to injuries at the Civil Hospital in Sriganganagar.

Out of the five persons injured at least two persons are in a critical condition and have been shifted to the Sriganganagar hospital. 

The injured villagers said they had gone to pluck fruits in a kinnow orchard near Sriganganagar and were returning to their village. The car collided with the Tempo apparently while trying to save the cyclist.