Four Powerlifters Killed In Accident At Delhi Border

Powerlifting world champion Saksham Yadav and another player identified as Bali have been admitted to Max Hospital in north-west Delhi's Shalimar Bagh

Delhi | Edited by | Updated: January 07, 2018 08:37 IST
Four Powerlifters Killed In Accident At Delhi Border

Powerlifter Saksham Yadav won gold for India in a world championship held in Moscow last year

New Delhi:  Four powerlifting players from Delhi were killed when the car they were in hit a road divider on the Delhi-Chandigarh highway today morning. Two other players who were in the car, including a world champion who bagged the title for India in Moscow last year, were injured.

The six athletes were going from Delhi to Panipat.

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Powerlifting world champion Saksham Yadav and another player identified as Bali have been admitted to Max Hospital in north-west Delhi's Shalimar Bagh.

Police said the players who died in the accident have been identified by their first names as Harish, Tinku and Suraj, while the fourth person's identity is not known yet.