3 dead, 2 injured after car crashes into crane in Mandi

Kullu: Three men were killed and two critically injured when their car rammed into a stationary hydraulic crane near Nerchowk in Mandi district, 120km from Shimla, late Monday night.A police officer said the five men were travelling from Nerchowk towards Sundernagar when the driver lost control of the vehicle on Kiratpur-Manali highway and it slammed into the parked crane near Dadaur around 10:40 pm. The car was mangled in the collision.Locals, who witnessed the accident, immediately called emergency services and tried to rescue the victims. They were taken to a nearby govt hospital but three of them — Anil Kumar, 28, Subhash Kumar, 35, and Rohit Kumar, 26 — couldn't be saved. Survivors Harish and Pankaj Kumar are being treated at AIIMS-Bilaspur, around 60km from the accident site.Preliminary findings suggest over-speeding led to the accident, said an officer.MSID:: 130828098 413 |