Our Correspondent

Talwara (Hoshiarpur), November 6

A Class XII student and her brother died in a road accident near Badla village on Friday.

Kritika was a student of Class XII and her brother Karthik was a student of Class VIII at Sarvahitkari Vidya Mandir Sahoda-Dadiyal. The duo was residents of Ranak Mohalla Badla village.

They had gone to their farm and on their way back home they took a lift from a tractor driver identified as Rajesh Kumar.

The tractor went out of control on the bridge near Maharaj Trilok Puri Ashram and fell into Kandi canal as there were no railings on both sides of the bridge. Both the siblings got stuck under the tractor and died on the spot. The tractor driver also received serious injuries.

It’s pertinent to mention that father of both the children had died around 12 years ago and they lived with their mother.

After starting the inquest proceedings under Section 174 of the CrPC and getting the post-mortem done, the bodies of the deceased were handed over to the family members.