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Road accident: Five members of a family die in car-truck collision

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Jalandhar, May 15: Five persons, including two children, were killed in a road accident near Khatti village in Phagwara Sunday. The deceased were identified as Vikas (41), Shikha (37), Reena (42), Raghav (10) and Manav (7). Reena’s husband Surinder Kumar (46) and Vikas’s eight-month-old daughter Shivaka had a miraculous escape.

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Both sustained injuries, but their condition is said to be stable. Reena and Shikha, both sisters had gone to pay obeisance at Chintpurni along with their family. Phagwara Sadar SHO Lakhbir Singh a truck bearing registration number PB10T 9031 was going to Hoshiarpur, while the car with registration number PB10FN 2968 was coming from Chintpurni to Ludhiana. The vehicles collided near Khatti village, 4 km short of Phagwara.

As the car hit the diesel tank of the truck, it caught fire. While five of the car occupants died on the spot, the driver managed to flee. The car was crushed badly and it took several hours to extricate the bodies. The police have sent the bodies for a postmortem examination. A case has been registered against the truck driver, who is not yet identified.

News Source: http://www.tribuneindia.com

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