Ludhiana, June 15 -- A 17-year-old boy was killed and two others were injured when a car, reportedly driven by an army jawan, rammed into an e-rickshaw ferrying them near Salem Tabri, close to the Jalandhar Bypass, on Sunday morning. Police suspect the driver may have fallen asleep at the wheel.

The deceased was identified as Navi Kumar, a resident of Saroop Nagar, Jassian. He and two friends had just returned from a pilgrimage to the Vaishno Devi shrine and were heading home in an e-rickshaw after arriving at Ludhiana Railway Station when the accident occurred.

Police identified the car driver as Rahul Kumar Mishra, a native of Uttar Pradesh posted in Jammu. Preliminary investigation suggests that he may have dozed off while driving to...