3 Bikers Killed in Panipat, Pile-Up in Karnal as Dense Fog Grips Region

While a bike crashed into a stationary truck, killing 2; another biker was found dead in a field

- HT Correspondent

KARNAL: Three bikers died in Panipat, while a pile-up in Karnal damaged at least four vehicles and left a few commuters injured amid dense fog on Wednesday morning.

According to the police, two men died in Panipat's Samalkha after the bike they were riding on hit a parked truck near Patti Kalyana on GT Road.

The deceased were identified as Anurag, a resident of Mahendergarh, and Krish from Katihar in Bihar, both second-year graduation students.

Their friend, Jitender, who is the complainant in the case, said that six of them were going to Haridwar from New Delhi on their bikes. Anurag was riding a Bullet bike.

He said that on reaching Patti Kalyana, Anurag's bike hit a parked Delhi-registered truck from the back, and both fell on the road, after which they were taken to a hospital where they were declared brought dead.

Panipat police said that a case has been registered against an unidentified truck driver at Samalkha police station.