Patiala, May 7 -- A tragic road accident in Patiala, Punjab, claimed the lives of six children and the driver after a four-wheeler, carrying seven children, collided head-on with a tipper truck, as per the officials. The seventh child is in critical condition and has been admitted to the ICU of a hospital.

Speaking to ANI, Superintendent of Police (SP) City Patiala, Palwinder Singh Cheema said, "A very unfortunate incident has taken place. Seven children and a driver were travelling in an Innova. We received information that six of these children and the driver died. The seventh child is critical. This was a head-on collision with the tipper vehicle..."

Cheema also mentioned that the driver of the tipper vehicle fled the scene and is cu...