Three persons, including a woman, were killed and seven others injured in a truck-jeep accident near village Juglan, about 10 km from here on Hisar-Sirsa road, police said today.
The incident happened last night when the jeep carrying ten persons was on its way from village Gorakhpur (Fatehabad) to village Mirjapur (Hisar), police said.
They were going to village Mirjapur to participate in a religious Satsang, they added.
When the jeep reached near village Juglan, a truck coming from opposite direction hit it from a side resulting its overturning, police said.
The villagers and passerby took the injured to civil hospital Hisar, where doctors declared three persons brought dead.
The deceased were identified as Ramesh (40) and Maya Devi (42) of village Gorakhpur and jeep driver Kuldeep (40) of village Udaipur under Uchana police station of Jind district.
All the injured were admitted to hospital where the condition of six were stated to be the critical, police said.
The bodies were handed over to their relatives after conducting the post-mortem here today, they said.
A case has been registered by Sadar Police Hisar against unknown driver who fled away with vehicle from the spot.
