Ludhiana: Woman, daughter, 6, die in 3-vehicle crash

LUDHIANA: A woman and her six-year-old daughter died and her husband and a driver of a car were injured in a three-vehicle collision near Kubbe Toll Plaza in Samrala around 9am Monday.
The deceased have been identified as Inderjit Kaur (34), a resident of Lalton Kalan, near Ludhiana, and her daughter Gagandeep Kaur (6). The injured are Inderjit’s husband Sukhveer Singh and car driver Ravinder Singh of Dugri.
Police said Sukhveer, a carpenter, along with his wife and daughter, was going to Machhiwara on a motorcycle to visit his relatives. The family left their home around 8am. When they reached near Kubbe Toll Plaza, Sukhveer slowed down his bike after a truck ahead of him did so at a speed-breaker. But a car that was behind Sukhveer’s bike could not jam on the brakes in time. Its driver lost balance and hit Sukhveer’s bike, which in turn rammed into the truck.
Inderjit and Gagandeep died on the spot and Sukhveer and the car driver sustained serious injuries.
The injured were taken to Samrala civil hospital, from where they were referred to Ludhiana civil hospital.
Samrala SHO inspector Kulwant Singh said the car driver has been booked 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), 427 (mischief causing damage to the amount of fifty rupees), 279 (rash driving or riding on a public way) of the Indian Penal Code.