5 weightlifters lost their lives in a road accident at Delhi border due to fog
5 weightlifters lost their lives in a road accident at Delhi border due to fog
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Its really shocking news that there were five weightlifters had lost their lives in a road accident at Delhi. The five weightlifters was a national-level weightlifter. In which two including powerlifting world champion Saksham Yadav was rushed to a hospital, he has succumbed to his injuries, confirmed news agency ANI. 

The massive accident took place at around 4 a.m. near Alipur village, close to Delhi's Singhu border with Haryana. The victims were on the Delhi-Panipat highway in a Swift Dzire car which police believe was being driven at high speed although fog had drastically reduced visibility. A Delhi Police official identified the dead as Tikamchand, 27, Yogesh, 24, Harish Roy, 20, Saksham Yadav, 28, and Saurabh, 18. They were taken to Raja Harish Chandra Hospital in Narela here and declared dead by doctors, the police officer told IANS.

The injured in the hospital are unconscious. The accident took place when the weightlifters were returning to Delhi. When the temperature in the national capital goes further down in January. Gripped by cold wave and harsh winter weather conditions, a thick blanket of fog engulfed the national capital region in the wee hours of Sunday.

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