Four people from Rewari, Haryana, were killed in a road accident on the Haridwar-Delhi Highway late Wednesday night. A fifth passenger sustained critical injuries and is undergoing treatment at AIIMS Rishikesh.
The accident occurred near the Shani Dev Temple, just before Bahadarabad Police Station, when a car travelling from Roorkee collided with a truck parked on the roadside. The deceased were identified as Kehar Singh, 35, Aditya, 38, Manish, 36, and Prakash, 40. The injured passenger, Mahipal, 40, is a resident of Lisadi village in Rewari.
Station House Officer Naresh Rathore said the truck driver, Fazlur Rahman, had stopped to use the toilet while transporting cement bags from Bhagwanpur to a warehouse in Rishikesh. The truck, loaded with 800 cement bags, has been seized, and police are searching for the driver.