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Three of family killed as SUV rams trailer in Zirakpur, 2 critical: Cops
According to information, the accident occurred around 3.30 pm near Kaka Dhaba, when the SUV (Fortuner) was heading from Mc-D Chowk towards Chhat Light Point.
A mangled SUV at the crash site on Zirakpur’s PR-7 Airport Road, where three people were killed after the vehicle rammed into a parked trailer. (Express Photo)
A wave of grief swept through a village in Fatehgarh Sahib district after a road accident on the PR-7 Airport road in Zirakpur on Thursday afternoon claimed the lives of three members of a family and left two others battling for survival.
An NRI member of the family and his wife remain on ventilator support at a private hospital in Chandigarh, while their ancestral home witnessed three funeral processions, turning a family reunion into a tragedy.
Police identified the victims as Amrik Singh (68), his elder brother Balbir Singh (70) and Amrik Singh’s son Harjeet Singh (37).
Police said Amrik, his elder brother and his elder son Harjeet Singh were living at Kheri Bir Singh village in Fatehgarh Sahib district, where Harjeet was engaged in farming. Amrik’s younger son Harvinder Singh is settled in the United States.
On January 23, Harvinder arrived in India with his wife Gagandeep Kaur and their three-year-old son Virjor Singh to visit his ailing father, police said.
On January 29, the family travelled in a Fortuner SUV to attend a family gathering in Jaula Kalan village near Dera Bassi. At around 2.15 pm, on their way back from Dera Bassi to Bassi Pathana, Harjeet was driving the vehicle, Balbir was sitting beside him, Amrik Singh and Harvinder were sitting on the rear seat, while the women and children were seated at the back.
When they reached near Kaka Dhaba on PR-7 road, Harjeet tried to negotiate with an autorickshaw, but the Fortuner went out of control and rammed into a trailer parked on the roadside, police said.
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The impact was so severe that Balbir, Amrik and Harjeet died on the spot, while Harvinder, his wife Gagandeep, sister-in-law Harpreet, and children Abhiroop Kaur and Virjor Singh suffered serious injuries, police said.
The injured were rushed to GMCH-32, Chandigarh, and later referred to a private hospital in Chandigarh, police said, adding: “They are critical.”
Police said that post-mortem examinations were conducted on Friday at the Dera Bassi Civil Hospital, where doctors confirmed that all three succumbed to severe head injuries.
Their bodies were later handed over to the family.
Meanwhile, Zirakpur police have registered a case against trailer driver Shantu Kumar Singh of Chatra district, Jharkhand, under sections 285, 324(4) and 106(1) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, and impounded the vehicle.
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