4 killed in 3 separate accidents on Delhi-Haridwar national highway

Muzaffarnagar (UP), Jul 17 (PTI) Four people, including three Kanwariyas, were killed and three others injured in three separate accidents on the Delhi-Haridwar national highway here on Thursday.

In the first incident, two Kanwariyas -- identified as Raj (18) and Vipin (20) -- died and three people, including a woman, were injured when their motorcycle collided with a scooter near Budhana underpass on the NH stretch under Khatauli police station limits.

Khatauli Station House Officer Brijesh Kumar said the deceased were en route from Ghaziabad to Haridwar to collect Ganga water when they met with the accident. The bodies have been sent for post-mortem, and the injured have been shifted to the hospital, with some in serious condition, he said.

The second incident claimed the life of another pilgrim, Rohit (23), a resident of Delhi's Rohini.

Rohit was run over by a truck near Purkazi town. Purkazi SHO Jaivir Singh said the body has been sent for post-mortem.

In the third incident, Madhya Pradesh resident Mahesh Kumar (38) was killed early in the morning near Saleempur village, also under the Purkazi station limits.

SHO Jaivir Singh said that Mahesh Kumar was sleeping under a parked tractor-trolley belonging to Kanwariyas when he was run over. Police clarified that Kumar was not a Kanwariya. PTI COR CDN RUK RUK