Five persons, including four of a family, were killed and 15 injured when 25 vehicles collided with each other on the Delhi-Ambala National Highway-1 in Karnal district on Wednesday.
A car collided with a stationary truck at Nilokheri in Karnal in the morning due to dense fog and low visibility, following which other vehicles rammed into each other, said Pankaj Nain, Karnal SP.
“Five persons were killed in the mishap,” he said, adding that among the dead, four were members of a family from UP, who were going to Punjab to attend a wedding. The injured have been admitted to a nearby hospital, police said.
The highway has been cleared and normal movement of traffic has been restored, they added.