Speeding car hits bike,2 dead

The deceased have been identified as Sukhvinder Singh (21) and his brother,Harpreet (7). Both were residents of Kansal village and were heading home after purchasing medicines from Government Multi Specialty Hospital ,Sector 16,for Sukhvinder’s mother.

Sarabjit,a passerby,was witness to the accident and said that the car (CH03 R 0018) came from the Lake side and was apparently racing with a Swift that was also being driven by a girl.

As the Honda tried to overtake the white Swift car (PB 65 E 2040),it collided head on with the bike. Both Sukhvinder and Harpreet sustained severe head injuries and were rushed to the PGI. While the seven-year-old was declared dead on arrival,Sukhvinder,too,succumbed to his injuries later.

Meanwhile,Sarabjit said that after the accident,the two girls got down from the car and fled with their friend in the Swift. Both of them were in an inebriated state,he claimed. The girls are believed to be students of KBDAV,but they are still unidentified. The Honda has been traced to a Sector-36 resident,who is a retired colonel.

At the PGI,the family members were inconsolable. Father of Sukhvinder,Ravinder Singh said that he was the second of five children. Harpreet,who was the son of Ravinder’s brother,Dalbir Singh,was the youngest of three siblings.

Ravinder said: “Sukhvinder was a student of engineering in Kharar. He and Harpreet had gone to purchase medicines for my wife. She is inconsolable.”

Meanwhile,the police have found the air bags of the Honda Accord in an open state,indicating that the car was being driven at a speed of over 100 km per hour. The two girls had to rupture the air bags before they could get out of the car and escape in the Swift.