Haridwar, Jan 2 (PTI) Four persons from Haryana died and another was seriously injured when the car they were travelling in rammed into a truck parked on the roadside in Bahadarabad area of this district, police said on Thursday.
The accident occurred late on Wednesday night near Shani Dev temple killing three men on the spot, Bahadarabad police station SHO Naresh Rathore said.
Two occupants of the car were seriously injured in the incident and taken to hospital where one of them later died, he said.
The deceased were identified as Kehar Singh (35), Aditya (38), Manish (36), and Prakash (40). While Kehar, Aditya and Manish died on the spot, Prakash succumbed to injuries at the hospital.
All of them were residents of Lisadi village in Haryana's Rewari district, the SHO said.
Another injured person, identified as Mahipal, is under treatment at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Rishikesh, he said.
The truck driver, Rahman, had parked the vehicle along the roadside and gone to toilet when the accident took place, the SHO said.
Rahman was driving the truck loaded with 800 cement bags to a warehouse in Dhalwala in Haridwar.