Four die as vehicle falls off bridge in Punjab

Chandigarh, Nov 2 (IANS) At least four people died and 30 others were injured when a vehicle fell off a bridge after hitting the safety wall in Punjab's Kapurthala district Saturday, police said.

The accident took place near the Subhanpur village on the Jalandhar-Amritsar national highway (NH-1).

The driver of the vehicle was among those killed. The vehicle was carrying people to a sect headquarters near Beas town, 45 km from Amritsar.

The injured were rushed to a hospital in Beas town. They told police that the driver was driving rashly because of which he lost control over the vehicle and it fell off the bridge.

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