FAZILKA: Five people, including a woman and three children, were killed and 11 others injured in a collision between a pickup vehicle and a Cruiser near Theh Kalandar village on the Fazilka-Ferozepur road on Sunday evening.
The accident took place at around 8 pm, leaving the Cruiser badly damaged.
According to information, 13 members of a family were travelling in the Cruiser and returning to their home in Tiwana village in Jalalabad after attending a wedding in Karnikhera village, where their cousin was getting married. The vehicle collided with a pickup near Theh Kalandar.
Sandeep Singh said four members of the family, including two children, died in the accident. The Cruiser driver also succumbed to his injuries, taking the death toll to five.
The deceased have been identified as Deso Bai, Sachin, John, Manpreet and Gurleen Kaur.
The Road Safety Force team reached the spot after receiving information about the accident and helped shift the injured to hospital. Ambulances were also called to the scene.
Two injured in critical condition
All the injured were taken to the Government Hospital in Fazilka, where doctors declared five people dead. Eleven injured people were being treated, with two in critical condition referred to other hospitals for further treatment.
A medical officer at the government hospital confirmed the five deaths.
Fazilka MLA Narinder Pal Singh and Jalalabad MLA Jagdeep Kamboj Goldy also reached the spot after receiving information about the accident. They took details of the incident.
