Seven persons, including three women, were killed and nine others injured when an SUV hit a stationary auto-rickshaw and a car at Umranangal bypass near Beas, around 35 kms from here, today.
The incident occurred when the SUV, heading towards Amritsar from Delhi, rammed into the three-wheeler and the car which were parked on the national highway.
Due to a blind U-turn, the driver of SUV could not see the vehicles parked near the roadside dhaba and rammed into them, police said.
The SUV dragged the auto-rickshaw and the car several feet away, they said.
Among the occupants of the three-wheeler and the car, seven were killed while nine sustained injuries in the accident, police said.
The passengers, who were on their way to the Golden Temple to pay their obeisance there from Nangal Saroa and Nasrala villages of Hoshiarpur district, had halted at the dhaba to buy refreshments, they said.
The deceased have been identified as couple Komalpreet Kaur and Avatr Singh, Kamalpreet Kaur, Sewa Singh, Sarbjit Kaur and Harbhajan Singh. The identity of the seventh is yet to be ascertained.
Among the injured, a one-and-half-year-old baby was rushed to a hospital in a critical condition, police said.
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