Accident on Barnala-Bathinda highway: Toddler along with mother died, husband critical

December 17, 2025

A mother and daughter died tragically in a road accident near the village Ghunnas on the Barnala-Bathinda National Highway, and the driver’s condition is said to be serious. The accident occurred when driver Manglesh Kumar, a resident of Tapa Mandi, was returning from Barnala in his car with his wife Shelly and one-and-a-half-year-old daughter.

Car hit parked truck

The accident occurred when the car hit a truck parked on the road in front of Ghunnas Dhaba on the Barnala-Bathinda National Highway. It is being said that the truck driver’s negligence was very serious. The car driver, Manglesh Kumar, was seriously injured.

Giving information, DSP of Sub-Division Tapa Mandi Gurpreet Singh Sidhu said that a couple and a girl from a family living in Tapa Mandi were seriously injured in a collision between a truck and a car parked on the road near village Ghunnas on the Barnala-Bathinda National Highway.

The injured were taken to Barnala Hospital, where the condition of the car driver, husband Manglesh Kumar, was referred from Barnala to DMC Ludhiana. His condition is said to be critical.

Manglesh Kumar’s wife, Shelly, and his one-and-a-half-year-old daughter, both mother and daughter, were killed in the accident. They said that a case has been registered against the truck driver. The driver abandoned the truck and fled the scene, and will be arrested soon.