PHAGWARA: One Railway Protection Force Employee was killed and five others sustained injuries when a speeding PRTC bus collided with a pick up truck
Near Club Cabanna on national highways today. The deceased has been identified as Gurjeet Singh, a resident of Mukerian.
The impact caused the pickup to overturn and crash onto the opposite side of the road, resulting in the death of a railway employee and injuries to five others. The injured have been admitted to the Civil Hospital in Phagwara. RPF officials reported that the pickup, traveling towards Jalandhar, was hit from behind by the speeding bus.
Following the accident, the bus driver and conductor fled the scene. According to the police, all the victims were railway employees identified as Bhupinder, Ravinder, Surinder, Gautam, and Ajit Singh, all residents of Jalandhar. A doctor from the Civil Hospital in Phagwara confirmed that due to the critical condition of Bhupinder and Ravinder, they have been referred to a hospital in Jalandhar for further treatment.