Tribune News Service

Jalandhar, December 12

A 23-year-old woman was killed and three other women were seriously injured when the car they were travelling in met with an accident here on Saturday night. The police have arrested the driver of the car. Part of a wedding troupe, four women were returning after a performance when their car rammed into another vehicle and then hit the divider. One of the women was killed on the spot while the three others sustained serious injuries.

The victim has been identified as Amandeep Kaur, a resident of Ranjit Nagar in Phagwara. The police said it was due to the car driver’s mistake that the accident happened. The incident took place on the national highway near Bhogpur.

A case has been registered against the car driver under Sections 304-A, 279, 227 and 339 of the IPC at the Bhogpur police station.

Those injured have been identified as Shalu (28), a resident of New Dashmesh Nagar, Jalandhar, Sonia (23), a resident of Beant Nagar, Jalandhar, and Twinkle (28), a resident of Lamma Pind, Jalandhar. They were all part of the wedding performance troupe. While one woman suffered a fracture, the other two were seriously injured. However, their condition is stated to be stable. The police said the FIR was registered against the car driver on the basis of the women’s statements.

Bhogpur police station SHO Harinder Singh said, “The troupe was returning from Gurdaspur after attending a wedding. The car in which they were travelling rammed into a truck loaded with potatoes. The police got the medical test of the driver done to check if he was drunk while driving the car. He is in police custody. The injured women are undergoing treatment at a Jalandhar hospital.”