As many as eight students were killed in Bathinda when a speeding truck lost control and ploughed into them in the smog. At the time of the accident, the students were waiting for an alternative vehicle after the bus they were travelling in broke down near Chetak Park on the outskirts of Bathinda city on the Bathinda-Chandigarh Highway. The accident took place when the truck first rammed a Tata sumo which was parked on the side and then ploughed into the students waiting on the roadside. The primary cause of the accident was a thick blanket of smog that had covered the region thereby reducing visibility. Pained to hear of death of 8 students in #Bathinda accident.

Source: India Today November 08, 2017 08:37 UTC