17 People Killed 20 Injured in 3 Road Accidents in Haryana on Friday

Chandigarh: Three accidents claimed the lives of at least 17 persons in Haryana on Friday.

Eight people were killed and four were seriously injured as the private bus in which they were travelling collided with a trailer near Kakkar Majra village in Shahzadpur of Ambala. The bus was on its way from Bareilly in Uttar Pradesh to Baddi in Himachal Pradesh. The injured were referred to the PGI, Chandigarh.

In another accident, three women were killed and 16 were injured near Jhatipur village in Samalkha on NH-44 in the wee hours of Friday. These residents of Ujha village in a tractor-trolley were on their way to their village after visiting the Khatu Shyam Dham at Chulkana village of Samalkha, reported The Tribune.

Six men aged between 25 and 30 were killed in an accident between a car and a trailer truck near Manger Chowk on the Faridabad-Gurugram highway in the wee hours of Friday. The deceased, hailing from Palwal, were on their way home from Gurugram after attending a function.