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7-month-old girl among 4 of a family burnt alive in car after accident

Press Trust of India  |  Chandigarh 

A seven-month old girl was among four members of a Delhi-based family who were charred to death after being trapped in their car, which caught fire following a collision with a truck in Haryana's district today, the police said. The incident took place in the early hours near Shamgarh village, a police officials said. "The car, which was going towards Delhi, jumped a divider on the highway and collided with a truck coming from the opposite direction," SHO of station in Karnal, Janak Raj said. The car caught fire after the collision.

The occupants, including a seven-month-old girl, who got trapped in it were burnt to death, he said. After the police received the information about the incident, a fire tender was rushed to the site, but the car was completely charred by then, the SHO said.

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First Published: Tue, March 06 2018. 11:25 IST
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