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A YOUTH died and five others suffered minor injuries after the SUV they were travelling in met with an accident at Pinjore well past Monday midnight.
All the youths — four boys and two girls, all natives of Hisar — had been living separately. While the one who died lived in Manimajra, the others lived in rented accommodations in Chandigarh. They had gone on a trip to Solan in an SUV and the incident occurred when they were returning to Chandigarh.
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According to the police, around 2 am on the intervening night of July 18-19, an unidentified vehicle hit the SUV from one side, as a result of which it overturned. The incident happened near Bitna village in Pinjore. All of them were rushed to General Hospital, Sector 6, where Mayank Chahal, 24, was declared brought dead. As per doctors, he suffered internal bleeding.
The condition of the others, namely Sahil Mor, 24, Pradeep, 24, Dinesh, 29, Alka, 27, and Sonam, 23, is stable and they were discharged after treatment.
A case for causing death due to negligence was registered against the driver of the unidentified vehicle at Pinjore Police Station.