6, including 2 kids, killed in road accident in Punjab’s Sangrur

The victims were coming back after paying obeisance at the Baba Haider Sheikh Dargah in Malerkotla.

All six occupants of the car were declared dead by doctors at the hospital they were taken to by the police.

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Six people, including two children, were killed on Thursday morning after their car collided with two tractor-trolleys in Punjab’s Sangrur district.

According to the police, the accident happened on the Sunam-Patiala road near Mardkhera village. The car driven by Neeraj Singla from Malerkotla towards Sunam town collided with two tractor-trolleys coming from Mardkhera village.

All six occupants of the car were declared dead by doctors at the hospital they were taken to by the police. The victims were identified as Neeraj, his four-year-old son, his friend Lucky, a 15-year-old girl, and two others.

The police said the victims, residents of Sunam, had gone to Malerkotla on Wednesday evening to pay obeisance at Baba Haider Sheikh Dargah and were coming back when the accident took place.

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