Two youths killed in road mishap in Punjab

Tuesday, December 26, 2006, 9:37 [IST]

Phagwara, Dec 24 (UNI) Two youths were killed when their scooter went out of control and rammed into a tree near Raipur-Pharala village late last night, police today stated.

According to reports, the deceased were identified as Gaurav, a resident of local sabzi mandi and his friend Jaswinder of Bhularai village. They were returning to Phagwara, when the mishap occurred.

Police handed over the bodies to their relatives after a postmortem.

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