Punjab: NRI among the two dead as car collides with tractor-trolley; one injured

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Two people, including an Australia-based NRI, died and one sustained serious injuries when the taxi they were travelling in collided with a tractor-trolley loaded with sugarcane at the Sugar Mill flyover on National Highway 44 in Punjab's Phagwara, police said on Friday, PTI reported.

As per PTI, The incident occurred on Wednesday night, resulting in the death of NRI Dilpreet Singh (28) and the taxi driver, Yugraj Masih (38), they said.

Gurinder Kaur, who is Singh's mother, sustained serious injuries, Jarinder Patil, the Investigating Officer (IO) and Assistant Sub-Inspector of City Police Station Phagwara, said.

Kaur had travelled to Australia in November to meet her son who was living in Melbourne, he added.

Singh had recently obtained permanent residency in Australia and was returning back with his mother to their home in Model Town Extension in Ludhiana's Durgi road when the accident occurred, the officer said, PTI reported.

Singh's father, Harpreet Singh said to the police that his wife had called him around 9:15 pm on Wednesday informing him that they had just left the airport in Amritsar and were in a taxi.

He received another call from his wife at 11:33 pm that same night, informing him about the accident, the ASI said.

Kaur sustained serious injuries and was initially hospitalised at Phagwara's Civil Hospital but was later shifted to DMC, Ludhiana, as her condition became critical.

She had a broken jaw and multiple serious injuries from the accident, said the ASI, who visited her at the hospital in Ludhiana on Thursday, PTI cited.

A case was registered on Harpreet Singh's complaint under relevant provisions of the law against the absconding tractor driver, the ASI said.

The tractor-trolley was seized and the driver is to be arrested, he added, PTI cited.

Mumbai: Pay and park staff killed in car collision in Bandra Kurla Complex

A tragic incident occurred in the Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC) area on Thursday, where a staff member at a "Pay and Park" facility was killed in a car collision.

The accident took place around 7:45 PM when the employee, Vijay Shukla, and his colleague Rahul Singh were collecting parking fees at a counter at the Ignisia building in Bandra East, which is leased by the municipal corporation.

A speeding red car suddenly crashed into Shukla, causing severe injuries to his left abdomen and arm. Local residents who witnessed the incident quickly apprehended the driver, Prabodhan Belekher (34), a resident of Worli.

Shukla was rushed to Guru Nanak Hospital in Kherwadi by his colleagues, but doctors declared him dead before admission, around 10 PM.

Following the incident, the BKC police registered a case against Belekher under the relevant sections of the BNS Act, including Sections 106 (1), 281, and 125, in connection with the fatal accident.

(With inputs from PTI)