Mizo boy killed in Chandigarh road mishap
The Tata Safari involved in the mishap. Courtesy: The Tribune
Chandigarh, Jan 21, 2010: Dense fog coupled with reckless driving snuffed out the life of a 19-year-old Mizo youth in a freak accident at Sector 17 here at midnight. Four of his companions were also injured. The victims were travelling in two vehicles and were racing when the mishap took place.
The deceased has been identified as Ivan Tuolor (s/o Rev Maylawmthang), a Class XI student of DPS, Pinjore. The injured are Anil Bishnoi of Punjab and the others are from Manipur. They were staying in Sector 7 of Panchkula.
The victim was crushed when the Tata Safari rammed into a tree. He sustained severe head and other multiple injuries. The front portion of the vehicle was completely crushed in the impact.
Ivan, Fred Khobung (s/o R.Tawna Khobung) and Anil were taken to the Sector 16 Government Multi Speciality Hospital, where Iven was pronounced dead on arrival. Iven’s classmate, Jim Blessing who was in a Skoda, told the police that they had come to meet their friend Fred in Sector 16. There they met Anil, a student of DAV College, and decided to eat paranthas at the Sector 17 ISBT.
Iven and Fred sat in Anil’s Safari. Iven was sitting in the front and Anil was driving. He lost control over the vehicle when he suddenly speeded it up to overtake the Skoda.
The police said the vehicles were at breakneck speed at the time of the accident. “Even the needle of the Safari’s speedometer indicated 60 kmph, which was the speed when the driver applied the brake on seeing the tree,” the SHO of the Sector 17 police station stated.
Iven’s mother and relatives reached the city and the police handed over his body to them after a postmortem. A police officer said the victims had been spotted earlier also while driving rashly and had been caught a few days ago. They used to drive at high speed.
Courtesy: Tribune News Service
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