Accidents on Delhi-Haridwar highway kill 4

Four people, including three devotees participating in the Kanwar Yatra, were killed, and three others injured in three separate accidents on the Delhi-Haridwar national highway on Thursday.

In the first incident, two devotees - identified as Raj, 18, and Vipin, 20 - died and three people, including a woman, were injured when their motorcycle collided with a scooter near Budhana underpass on the National Highway stretch under Khatauli police station limits.

Khatauli Station House Officer Brijesh Kumar said the victims were en route from Ghaziabad to Haridwar to collect water from river Ganges when they met with the accident. The bodies have been sent for post-mortem, and the injured have been shifted to the hospital, with some in serious condition, he added.

The second incident claimed the life of another pilgrim, Rohit, 23, a resident of Delhi's Rohini.

Rohit was run over by a truck near Purkazi town. Purkazi Station House Officer (SHO), Jaivir Singh, said the body has been sent for post-mortem.

In the third incident, Madhya Pradesh resident Mahesh Kumar, 38, was killed early in the morning near Saleempur village, also under the Purkazi station limits.

SHO Jaivir Singh said that Mahesh Kumar was sleeping under a parked tractor-trolley belonging to Kanwar Yatra devotees when he was run over. Police clarified that Kumar was not participating in the Kanwar pilgrimage.

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