Young Man Killed, Four Injured As Pickup Collides With Tractor-Trolley In Shamli

A young man was killed and four others were injured after a pickup collided with a tractor-trolley near the Singra cut on the Karnal-Meerut Highway in Shamli district. The accident took place at around 10 am on Thursday in the Jhinjhana police station area.

The collision occurred near the Singra cut when the tractor-trolley was turning towards Aamwali village from the highway. A pickup coming from the Karnal side collided with it. The impact was severe, and cries for help were heard at the accident site.

According to the information available, labourers from Bhanwada Hussainpur village in the Ratanpuri police station area of Muzaffarnagar district were travelling in the tractor-trolley. They were going to Aamwali village to collect straw. The tractor-trolley was being driven by Sarfaraz, son of Nazakat, a resident of the village.

Around 22-year-old Furkan, son of Subhan, died on the spot in the accident. Four other people were injured. Furkan’s uncle, Nafis, said that apart from Furkan, Jabir, Wasim, Shahid and Nadeem, along with other people, were travelling in the tractor-trolley when the collision took place.

As soon as information about the accident was received, Inspector-in-charge of Jhinjhana police station Virendra Kasana reached the spot with a police team. The police took the body into custody and sent it for post-mortem. The injured were taken to a hospital for treatment.

A crowd gathered at the spot after the accident. The incident caused disruption and concern in the area as people arrived at the scene following the collision between the pickup and the tractor-trolley.

The accident has also raised concern over the series of road accidents being reported in the Jhinjhana police station area over the past several days. On the night of 27 October, two young men were killed in a collision between a tractor and a bike.

In another accident in the Chausana area, a bike rider died after a tractor collided with the motorcycle. An accident involving a car and a truck was also reported near Bidouli Gurdwara.

On Thursday, after the young man was killed in the accident near the Singra cut, a bike rider was also hit by an unidentified vehicle at the Taprana roundabout. The injured bike rider was admitted to a hospital for treatment.

With accidents continuing to be reported in the area, concern over road safety has increased. The latest accident near the Singra cut has added to the worry among people in the Jhinjhana police station area.