Two young men were killed after their car rammed into a municipal corporation tractor-trolley parked on a flyover near the Police Lines in Jalandhar in the early hours of Sunday, November 1, reports from the city said. The car was travelling from BMC Chowk towards BSF Chowk when it crashed into the rear of the parked trolley.
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The deceased were identified as Vidit Aulakh, aged 18 to 19, son of Dinesh Aulakh, owner of the music company Speed Records, and Aarav Talwar, also aged 18 to 19, son of the owner of Pappi Sweets. The friends were returning from a birthday party in a Volkswagen car, according to preliminary information shared by police.
Baradari police station house officer Sahil Chaudhary said the police received information about the accident at around 3 am on Sunday and a team reached the spot and began an investigation. Municipal sanitation workers were cleaning the flyover at the time, and the tractor-trolley had been stationed on the road to collect garbage.
Source: National Times
Police said the bodies were handed over to the families after the necessary formalities, and the families declined to pursue police or legal action, according to the reports. The deaths have cast a pall of grief over both families and residents of the city.