Tuesday, 30 July 2024 | PNS | DEHRADUN
Five persons, including a Kanwadia, lost their lives in two separate road accidents in Roorkee. The first accident occurred on the Haridwar-Delhi highway in Belda village near the Roorkee Civil Line Kotwali area, when a car with a Haryana number plate hit a motorcycle.
A man Amit, a resident of Jhabreda area, died on the spot and another person Vicky, sustained severe injuries. A huge crowd gathered at the accident site and the driver of the car fled the scene, abandoning the vehicle, the officials said. They informed that the police reached the spot and admitted Vicky to Roorkee Civil Hospital and the doctors later referred him to a higher centre. The police sent Amit’s body for post-mortem. The second accident involved a head-on collision between two motorcycles near the bypass in Nagla Imarti village, also in the Roorkee Civil Line Kotwali area.
Three people died on the spot and a fourth, who was seriously injured, died during treatment. The deceased were identified as Sagar (27) from Gandhinagar, Vishal from Pinjra village in Haryana and Vijendra from Belda village in Roorkee. Amresh Chaudhary, also from Belda village, was critically injured and initially treated at Roorkee Civil Hospital before being referred to a higher centre, where he later died. The officials said that the police have registered cases against unknown accused and the investigation is ongoing.
