9 dead, several injured on way to Ash immersion ceremony in Punjab road accident

Nine people were killed and several injured after a pick-up vehicle carrying family members to an ash immersion ceremony collided with a truck near Ferozepur. The victims were travelling from Jalalabad to Beas when the fatal accident occurred on Saturday

Ferozepur: Nine people were killed, and several others were injured when a pick-up vehicle, in which they were travelling, collided with a truck near Janga Wala Mour on the Ferozepur-Fazilka road on Saturday. As many as 32 persons, including women and children, were going from Jalalabad to Beas in Amritsar to immerse the ashes of a relative in the Beas river, when their vehicle met with an accident.

Many of them died on the spot, and the severely injured were brought to the Civil Hospital in Ferozepur.
Dr Nikhil Gupta, Senior Medical Officer, said that those who were in critical condition have been referred to Guru Gobind Singh Government Medical College in Faridkot. Ferozepur Senior Superintendent of Police Bhupinder Singh, along with other senior officials, reached the spot.

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The SSP said the police were investigating to ascertain the exact cause of the accident. Anshpreet Singh (12), who survived the accident with minor injuries, said that he was going with his family members to immerse the remains of his grandmother, Pooro Bai (62).

“We started our journey early at 3.30 am. Everything was normal, and we even stopped for fuel. As soon as we reached near Janga Wala Mour, the accident happened”, Anshpreet said. The deceased were identified as Karnail Singh, Lakshmi Rani, Sukhwinder Kaur, Bhago Rani, Maya Bai, Surinder Singh, Raj Kumar, Darshan Singh and Vidya Rani.