AMN / Hisar
In a shocking incident, nine youths returning home after attending an Army recruitment rally here were crushed to death as a truck ran over the auto they were travelling in near Ramrai village on the Jind-Hisar road late Tuesday evening, the police said.
There were 11 youths in the auto-rickshaw. The accident occurred about 8 km from the Jind district headquarters. Nine youths were killed on the spot while the injured were rushed to hospital, the police said. Jind DSP Kaptan Singh said five of the victims were from Buradahar village in Jind. Efforts were on to identify the others.
A group of 11 youths were going back to their respective villages after attending the recruitment rally in Hisar when the accident took place.
Officials said that when their auto reached near Ramrai village, about eight km short of Jind district headquarters, a truck rammed into their vehicle resulting in death of nine of them on the spot .
The police rushed the injured to civil hospital for treatment. The police said that five of the victims are from Buradahar village of district Jind while efforts are being made to identify others.