Truck-Auto Rickshaw Clash; Father & Son Passed Away

Yesterday late night, a shocking accident took place between a truck & auto rickshaw near Bahawalpuria Bhawan on Patiala-Rajpura Road.

Around 8 people including driver of auto rickshaw got injured badly.

Relative of the dead & the injured, Gian Dev, the resident of Rajpura told, accident happened when 7 member group reached Rajpura by Jan Nayak train from Bihar & they hired a 3-wheeler to reach Cheeka (Harayana) where they were called up by a farmer as laborers for harvesting.

As soon as auto rickshaw reached Patiala road, near Bahawalpuria Bhawan, it got clashed with a truck very badly.

All the passengers in the auto rickshaw were residents of Dist Supol, Bihar.

Ram Prasad (50), his son Mohinder (32) & Jatinder & their partners Sita Ram, Balki Ram, Ram Avtar, Arjun Kumar & the auto rickshaw driver Satnam Singh were injured badly.

Ambulance 108 was called & Dr Baljinder Singh & Pilot Kuldeep reached on the spot & all the injured were rushed to Civil Hospital.

As per reports, Ram Prasad passed away & both his sons were serious & were referred to Sec 32, Chandigarh. At Sec 32, Mohinder Singh died & his brother Jatinder is still in critical position.