Vehicle runs two women over in Jalandhar, one dead

Chandigarh, Oct 18 In a horrific incident caught on a roadside CCTV, two young women, who were crossing the road, were run over on Monday by a vehicle being driven by a police inspector in Punjab's Jalandhar town.

While one of the women died on the spot, another was admitted to a local hospital with serious injuries.

Vehicle driver Amritpal Singh was arrested.

The deceased has been identified as Navjot Kaur, who worked at a car showroom.

The incident occurred on the Jalandhar-Phagwara highway. Angered over the accident, locals and family members blocked the highway and staged a sit-in protest on the highway for several hours.

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