Haryana: Six friends from Hansi die in fiery car crash on Muzaffarnagar highway while heading to Haridwar
Six friends from Hansi, Haryana, died after their car hit a pole and caught fire near Muzaffarnagar while heading to Haridwar for a Ganga dip
Muzaffarnagar/Hansi: Six young men from Haryana’s Hansi district lost their lives on Monday morning when their car rammed into an electricity pole and burst into flames on the Panipat-Khatima National Highway. The spot is around 25 km from Muzaffarnagar in Uttar Pradesh.
The victims were Sahil (20), Aman (21), Ajay (21), Ankit (21), another Ankit (21) and Rahul (23). They belonged to two villages. Sahil, Rahul and both Ankits lived in Rakhigarhi, while Aman and Ajay were from Moth Rangran. Rahul and one of the Ankits were brothers.
Aman, Ajay and one Ankit were still studying. The other three worked for themselves.
According to family members, the friends left home around midnight without telling anyone. They were on their way to Haridwar to take a dip in the Ganga on Somvati Amavasya. Villagers said the group had set out right after celebrating Diwali.
Sahil’s father, Som Kumar, said his son was behind the wheel. The car, a Hyundai Aura, belonged to a man named Praveen, from whom Sahil had borrowed it two days earlier.
Sources said the car caught fire almost immediately after hitting the pole. Police and the fire brigade arrived and put out the flames, but by then the bodies were burnt beyond recognition.
Both villages are in deep shock. Some family members have already left for Uttar Pradesh to bring the bodies home.
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