Pjb father-daughter duo killed, 14 injured in Ganga e-way pile-up

Bijnor: A multi-vehicle accident on the Ganga Expressway in Amroha killed a 65-year-old man and his daughter from Punjab’s Mohali district and injured 14 people on Sunday morning after their car swerved to avoid a stray dog and overturned.According to police, Lakshman Singh, a resident of Dhakoli village in Mohali district, was returning home with family after visiting Manona Dham in Bareilly. His 22-year-old daughter, Ashu, had been unwell, and the family had travelled to the shrine to pray for her recovery.Police said Lakshman’s son, Deepak, was driving when a stray dog suddenly came onto the road near the Ujhari-Burawali stretch of the expressway.

In an attempt to avoid hitting the animal, he lost control of the vehicle. As locals reached out to rescue the occupants, a speeding tempo traveller carrying pilgrims from Madhya Pradesh to Haridwar rammed into the overturned vehicle.Lakshman and Ashu died in the collision. Seven other family members -- Lakshman’s wife Sarita, sons Rahul and Deepak, daughter Deepika, and her three minor children -- sustained grievous injuries and were referred to the district hospital.

Four women from Ranapur village in Madhya Pradesh’s Jhabua district, who were travelling in the tempo traveller, were also injured.The crash triggered further incidents at the accident site during the rescue operation. A car carrying a family from Bihar’s Motihari overturned after the driver applied sudden brakes near the scene, injuring Mohd Husain (45) and his daughter Nisha (20), who were travelling to Delhi. Shadab (34), a resident of Gangwar village in Amroha, was also injured after being hit by an unidentified vehicle while assisting in the rescue efforts.SHO (Saidnangali) Sanjay Pratap Singh said, “Two people from Punjab died on the spot, while 10 others sustained injuries. The bodies have been sent for postmortem examination and the injured are undergoing treatment.”