Fog causes 30-car pile-up at Karnal, 4 of family dead

Mangalore Today News Network

New Delhi, February 10, 2016: Over 30 vehicles piled up on Wednesday leading to a massive pile-up on National Highway 1 passing through Karnal in Haryana.

 

Four people, travelling in one car, were killed in the massive accident caused by dense fog that the area witnessed today morning.

"A truck broke down on the road...another vehicle hit it from behind.  Then at least 30-40 vehicles piled up because of the fog," Highway Patrol Officer Manoj Kumar told ANI.

Similarly, 24 cars had piled up in January in Karnal after a car crashed into construction equipment that was not visible due to fog.

On January 24, a 60 car pile-up took place on the Yamuna Expressway near Delhi.

Regular accidents have been reported from North India as winter set in around December 2015 and fog enveloped the region.