Five people were killed and five others were seriously injured after a head-on collision between two cars on the Kurukshetra-Kaithal road in Haryana on Monday morning, police said.
The accident occurred around 7 am near the Gharadsi village. Police said both vehicles were travelling at high speed when they collided, leaving the front portions of the cars completely damaged.
“Out of the 10 people travelling in both vehicles, five passengers of the Maruti Swift car, all residents of Yamunanagar, died on the spot. The sixth passenger of the car is also critically injured. Four people travelling in the Tata Harrier sustained serious injuries,” police said.
Locals rushed to the spot after the collision and broke open the windows of the vehicles to rescue those trapped inside. Police reached