Ludhiana, July 23 -- A road mishap on Monday night claimed the life of an SUV driver and left six other members returning from a wedding party, seriously injured after their Bolero collided head-on with a tractor-trolley loaded with paddy stubble. The accident took place near Jarg village on Malerkotla Road.

According to police and eyewitness reports, the wedding procession had been returning to Bhari Mansa village in Malerkotla from Chamkaur Sahib when tragedy struck. Around midnight, near Jarg village, the said Bolero rammed into an approaching tractor-trolley heavily laden with paddy stubble.

The impact of the crash was so severe that the front of the Bolero was completely crushed, leaving the driver, identified as Vicky, a resident ...