Two killed in separate Mohali road accidents
- Mohali police said two people were killed in separate crashes on Thursday: 50-year-old Sunita Rani on Airport Road near Sector 82, and 34-year-old Baharan Kumar near the Jain temple in Phase 1. - Police booked tractor driver Kuldeep Singh and car driver Sumit Kumar under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita sections 281 and 106 after investigators said both victims were hit by speeding vehicles. - The deaths add to recurring road-safety concerns on Mohali’s Airport Road and Kharar corridors, where officials have previously flagged heavy vehicles and speeding traffic. (tribuneindia.com)
Two people died in separate road accidents in Mohali on Thursday, and police have registered criminal cases in both deaths. (hindustantimes.com) In the first crash, Sunita Rani, 50, of Jheurherhi village in IT City, was struck by a tractor-trolley near Sector 82 on Airport Road while crossing near an overbridge, police said. (hindustantimes.com) Her son, Gurwinder Singh, told police the tractor-trolley was speeding. Police identified the driver as Kuldeep Singh, originally from Sambhal district in Uttar Pradesh and now living in Sector 87, Mohali. (hindustantimes.com) Police said the driver stopped briefly after the collision and then fled, leaving Sunita Rani critically injured at the scene. Officers said she died there from severe head injuries. (hindustantimes.com) In the second crash, Baharan Kumar, 34, of Mohali village, was walking along the Chandigarh-Kharar road near the Jain temple in Phase 1 on Thursday evening when a car hit him from behind, police said. (hindustantimes.com) Police identified the driver in that case as Sumit Kumar, 36. Passersby took Baharan Kumar to a nearby hospital, where doctors declared him dead. (hindustantimes.com) Family members told police Baharan Kumar had become a father seven days earlier and had gone out to ask about vaccinations for his newborn son. They said he worked as a labourer and is survived by his wife, a newborn son and a daughter. (hindustantimes.com) Both cases were registered under Sections 281 and 106 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, covering rash driving and causing death by negligence. Police said CCTV footage captured the Phase 1 collision, and officers were trying to arrest the accused in the Airport Road case. (hindustantimes.com) The deaths land on road stretches that have drawn repeated safety interventions. Mohali authorities imposed peak-hour restrictions on heavy vehicles along Airport Road in 2025, saying the move was meant to prevent accidents and improve commuter safety. (tribuneindia.com) A Punjab Road Safety and Traffic Research Centre analysis published in February 2026 also identified Kharar as one of Mohali district’s most fatal zones from 2022 to 2024. Thursday’s two cases put Airport Road and the Chandigarh-Kharar corridor back in that pattern. (timesofindia.indiatimes.com)
