Were on way to PGI Chandigarh: PP
Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, June 29: Four persons of a family including a six-year-old child from Kakryal area of Katra town died and another injured after a private car they were travelling in was hit by a canter truck on the Hoshiarpur-Tanda road in Punjab early this morning.
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The accident happened around 7 am near Addan Saran area falling under the jurisdiction of Police Station Tanda in Hoshiarpur district, when a Toyota car with five occupants was hit by a canter truck, leaving four persons including the driver dead on-the-spot and another injured, said ASI Rajesh Kumar of Police Station Tanda, the Investigating Officer (IO) of the case.
He identified the deceased as Farooq Ahmed son of Firozuddin Ahmed, his brother Aarif Ahmed, and two children Mobish (17) and Arshlan (6), all residents of Kakryal, Katra and the injured has been identified as Sarish Naznin wife of Farooq Ahmed.
The injured woman has been referred to a hospital in Amritsar and the bodies of the deceased have been sent to Civil Hospital Dasuya for post-mortem, he said.
According to the police officer, the family, that was on way to Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education & Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, to treat Aarif Ahmed, who was not well, left Kakryal village around 3 am and their vehicle met with an accident around 7 am.
He said that police have registered a case under the relevant sections of the law and taken up further investigation.
Meanwhile, Punjab Police have launched a manhunt to arrest the driver of the canter truck, who has fled the spot after committing the crime.
According to reports, the vehicle used in the commission of the offence has been traced from Baddi area in Himachal Pradesh.
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