KURUKSHETRA: Five persons were killed and three were injured in a head-on collision between two SUVs near Thikri village on the National Highway (NH) 152 in Pehowa area of Kurukshetra district late night on Tuesday.
The identities of deceased persons are yet to be ascertained as the police were still investigating.
Kurukshetra superintendent of police (SP) Surinder Kumar Bhoria said that one SUV (Mahindra Scorpio) lost control and toppled on the NH to the other side and got rammed into another SUV (Scorpio) coming from the front.
Pehowa police station house officer (SHO) inspector Manish Kumar said, “We received the information that two cars have met with an accident near Thikri. Our team was on the highway and reached the spot immediately. We saw that two cars collided and people were stuck in them. We cut the cars, rescued the stuck persons and rushed them to the hospital in an emergency response vehicle and SHO vehicle.”
Pehowa DSP Rajat Gulia said, “Five persons were killed and three are injured. Of the three injured, two are undergoing treatment at the Mission Hospital in Pehowa and one was referred to the LNJP civil hospital in Kurukshetra.”
