Two youths were killed and three injured in a collision between a car and a tractor-trailer near Rajli village, police said on Sunday. A group of youths was headed to Gurgaon and Palwal in the car to appear for an examination for the post of a clerk when the accident took place on Saturday, sources said. The deceased were identified as Surender of 23 years of age and Kuldeep of 24 years of age, both residents of Khairi village in Hisar district. The injured, Deepak of Khairi village, Sanjay of Rajli and Yogesh of Jalhera village, were admitted to Nagrik Hospital here. The condition of Sanjay and Deepak was stated to be critical. A case under various sections of the IPC, including rash and negligent driving, has been registered the Barwala police station against the unknown driver of the tractor-trailer.

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'Stringent Traffic Rules to Help Curb Road Accidents'

Post imposition of the Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Act, 2019, from September 1, hefty challans for traffic rules violations by the police has hit the headlines. Union Minister Nitin Gadkari claimed that intelligent traffic system does not discriminate between violators of law whether it is a central minister, chief minister, bureaucrat or a journalist. "Why is this fear of challans if one is following traffic rules. People should rather be happy that India's roads will become safer like abroad where people strictly abide by traffic norms. Is human life not precious," Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari said. The minister also said stringent rules were 'much needed' as people had taken traffic laws very lightly and there was neither fear nor respect for the law.

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150 Lives Claimed in Road Accident

The Yamuna Expressway in Uttar Pradesh witnessed over 150 deaths in road accidents this year so far, the maximum ever since it got operational in 2012, according to official data. The 165-km-long road stretch that connects Delhi and Agra has seen 357 accidents, injuries to at least 822 people and death of 145 others till July 31 this year, as per the data obtained via the Right to Information (RTI) Act by Agra-based lawyer Krishna Chand Jain.

(With PTI inputs)

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