Woman dies, 4 kids, driver injured in car-truck crash

TNN
Ludhiana: A woman was killed and her four children and driver injured after the car they were travelling in rammed into a stationary truck on Ludhiana-Delhi National Highway, near Bija, early on Monday.
Sanjeeda, 42, of Tibba Road, along with her two sons and two daughters, was on way to Ludhiana from Khanna. When their car reached near Kishangarh road around 3am, the driver saw a heavy vehicle parked on the road but could not jam on the brakes in time and ran into it.
Passersby called up the police. An ambulance took the injured to Khanna civil hospital.
SMO Khanna civil hospital Dr Rajinder Gulati said, “The woman died at Khanna civil hospital. The four others have been referred to PGI, Chandigarh.”
Police said the truck driver has been identified as Krishna of Uttar Pradesh.
A case has been registered under sections 304 A (causing death by negligence), 337 (causing hurt by act endangering life or personal safety of others), 338 (causing grievous hurt by act endangering life or personal safety of others), 283 (danger or obstruction in public way or line of navigation) of the IPC.
In another accident, a motorcyclist died after a car hit him in Khanna.
Another motorcyclist died of heart attack while he was driving to Doraha. The SMO said the two were brought dead to the hospital.