This Article is From Apr 26, 2012

Two killed, 12 injured in pileup on Sonepat-Meerut highway

Sonepat: In a multiple collision involving five vehicles, two persons were killed and at least 12 persons, including three women, were injured, nine of them seriously.

The incident occurred on the Sonepat-Meerut inter-state highway near Palri village, about 15 km from Sonepat yesterday, police said.

The injured persons were rushed to the local civil hospital from where nine were later referred to the PGIMS Hospital at Rohtak for further treatment.

The bodies of the victims were sent for a postmortem examination.

Police said the accident occurred when a car driver coming from the Uttar Pradesh side on its way to Sonepat tried to overtake another car near Palri village resulting in the collision.
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