One dead, sixteen injured in accidents in Khanna area of Ludhiana

LUDHIANA: One person died and sixteen others were injured, in multiple pile ups of vehicles due to low visibility because of fog on Ludhiana-Delhi National Highway near Khanna on Monday morning.
The deceased was identified as Ranbir Singh of Sirhind.
As per the reports, as there was fog on the road on Monday morning, the visibility was low on the Ludhiana-Delhi National Highway especially in Khanna area.
The reports suggests that because of the low visibility, three accidents took place, one each in Bija, Bhatiyan areas and near A Mall beyond Khanna.
Local sources said that one person who died in the accident died in the accident near Bhatiyan area. They added that other persons suffered injuries in accidents near Bija and near a Mall on way to Mandi Gobindgarh.
DSP Khanna, Rajesh Sharma said that they have information about twenty-two vehicles colliding in accidents and sixteen persons getting injured in those. He added that the vehicles which suffered damage in accidents included bus, truck, Innova and other cars.
SMO Khanna Government Hospital, Dr Maninder Bhasin said that even as one person was brought dead in the hospital and he had suffered injuries in accident near Bhatiyan, sixteen others were brought to the hospital. He added that of the sixteen patients, two had fractures in rib whereas one had fracture in hip.
SMO further said that thirteen patients were discharged by them after first aid.