Dehradun, August 30: Four members of a family were killed on the spot and eight others injured when a car and a tractor collided near Manglore in Roorkee on Delhi-Haridwar Highway early today.
According to Manglore police, the car was coming from New Delhi and going to Haridwar. The accident occurred near Hotel Godavari, near Manglore on New Delhi-Haridwar Highway as the car which was speeding towards Haridwar collided with a tractor that was coming from Roorkee. The car overturned at around 0400 hrs.
Four people died on the spot whereas eight others were injured.
There were 12 passengers in the car, all from the same family coming from Ghaziabad and going to Haridwar for pilgrimage. The injured have been admitted to Civil Hospital, Roorkee where condition of three people is said to be critical. The driver of the tractor is absconding. The police has registered a case and launched a hunt for the tractor driver.
—Agencies