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Four individuals were killed when their speeding car crashed into a parked truck near PNB City Gate on the Rishikesh–Haridwar road in Uttarakhand, police stated on Wednesday.

 

The deceased have been identified as Dheeraj Jaiswal (31), Hariom Pandey (22), Karan Prasad (23) and Satyam Kumar (20), all residents of Rishikesh.

 

Police said the accident, which occurred late Tuesday night, was extremely severe, with the victims’ bodies getting trapped under the rear of the truck.

 

Rescue teams had to cut open the mangled car using cutters to remove the badly damaged bodies.

 

As per initial probe, the Mahindra XUV went out of control while trying to avoid hitting a cow on the road.

 

The driver, who was travelling from Haridwar, swerved left to avoid the animal but rammed into a parked truck bearing a Haryana registration number. All four occupants of the car died on the spot, police said.

 

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