Archit Vats
Tribune News Service
Muktsar, 17 October
An 18-year-old girl from Raniwala village in Muktsar died while her cousin from the same village sustained multiple injuries in the car after it collided with a goods train at a railway crossing near Brampton last night. A girl from Faridkot district also died in a road accident.
Palampreet Kaur undergoing treatment in the hospital.
The deceased has been identified as Jashanpreet Kaur, who had gone to Canada for studies about a month ago.
ASI Gurpratap Singh, a resident of Raniwala village, said, “After a road accident, my niece Jashanpreet Kaur died in a hospital in Canada, while my 21-year-old daughter Palampreet Kaur, who is around 21, died in a hospital there. He is undergoing treatment at the hospital. He is seriously injured.” Here and in Mohali police are posted in the CIA wing.
He said that the driver of the car is also a resident of Patiala district. “My nephew is in Canada. He has informed us that two girls, including my niece, have died. Two others, including my daughter, are injured. The driver is also injured. The accident happened when the driver did not see the signal. A railway crossing But. The goods train hit the car and dragged it for over a km,” he said.
He said the girls were going to work night shifts in an automobile spare parts factory when the accident happened. The car was provided by the factory management for the purpose of closure.
Jashanpreet’s father Rajwinder Singh is a bus driver in Chandigarh Transport Undertaking (CTU).