Punjab Couple, Heading For Poll Duty, Die As Car Plunges Into Gorge Due To Dense Fog

Last Updated:December 14, 2025, 16:18 IST

The husband was driving his wife to her election duty at a polling booth in Sangatpura village for the Punjab zila parishad polls.

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In a tragic incident reported from Punjab’s Moga district, a couple died after their car plunged into a gorge. The accident happened as dense fog resulted in low visibility. Both husband and wife were government school teachers posted in Moga.

As per a report by NDTV, the husband, Jas Karan Singh, was driving his wife, Kamaljeet Kaur, to her election duty at a polling booth in Sangatpura village for the Punjab zila parishad polls.

Six Dead As Car Falls Into 600-Foot Gorge In Maharashtra’s Nashik

Six persons were killed after a car fell into a 600-foot deep gorge in Saptashring Garh Ghat in Nashik’s Kalwan taluka on Sunday, a police official said.

The incident took place at 4pm and the deceased are from Pimpalgaon Baswant in Niphad taluka, the official added.

“They died on the spot. The Toyota Innova vehicle, which had seven passengers, suffered heavy damage. The deceased have been identified as Kirti Patel (50), Raseela Patel (50), Vitthal Patel (65), Lata Patel (60), Vachan Patel (60) and Maniben Patel (70). Superintendent of police Balasaheb Patil is supervising rescue operations," the official said.

The operations are underway with the deployment of personnel from the police as well as district disaster management committee, said resident deputy collector and District Disaster Authority CEO Rohitkumar Rajput.

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