Sonipat, April 3 -- In a road accident on Friday, Punjab Congress leader Khushbaz Singh Jatana and his driver were killed on the Kundli-Manesar-Palwal (KMP) Expressway in Haryana's Sonipat district.

Station House Officer (SHO) of Kundli police station, Sethi Malik, said, "Today, we received information from the control room that around 5:10, a Defender vehicle carrying Khushbaz Singh Jatana, his driver, and a gunman met with an accident involving an unknown truck."

He added that the accident occurred after the vehicle developed a puncture.

"Jatana's vehicle had a flat tyre. They were in the middle of changing it when a speeding truck came from behind and hit them," he said.

Confirming the casualties, Malik said, "Both Jatana and his d...