Tribune News Service

Patiala, October 15

Five people, including a 12-year-old child, were killed and 12 others injured in a road accident on the Patiala-Pehowa road in the wee hours of Friday.

The injured are undergoing treatment at Government Rajindra Hospital, Patiala.

Police said the accident took place near Jagatpur village around 3 am when a Scorpio SUV collided with a tractor-trolley.

Sources said over two dozen people in the tractor-trolley were heading towards neighbouring Haryana to attend a religious function when the SUV rammed into it.

Of the five killed, three were occupants of the tractor-trolley while two were those of the SUV.

5 killed in road accident as SUV rams into tractor-trolley in Patiala
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