3 killed as car crashes into canal bridge in Haryana, wreckage left mangled

Three men were killed, and as many were injured after a hatchback they were travelling in crashed into a canal bridge in Haryana's Kaithal district in the early hours of Saturday. The accident took place at around 2 am, when the group was travelling towards Kaithal city.Those who lost their lives have been identified as Navdeep (19), Pradeep (27), and Ajay (22). The trio belonged to Karora village and were related to each other. The three injured have been identified as Sahil, Arjun and Narendra, who was driving the car.According to their families, the men were travelling from Karora to Narendra's house in Kaithal after harvesting paddy in their fields.The families claimed that another vehicle was approaching from the opposite direction and its headlights blinded the driver, causing him to ram the car into the culvert. The impact was so severe that three of the six occupants supposedly died on the spot. The car was left mangled, with one of its tyres dislodged in the collision.Among the injured, Sahil was admitted to a private hospital with a fractured thigh bone, while Arjun suffered a spinal fracture and was admitted to the civil hospital. Narendra, who was behind the wheel, sustained minor injuries to his face and arm.- Ends(With inputs from Virendra Puri)