Jalandhar, Oct. 9 -- Two young men lost their lives and three others were seriously injured in a road accident that occurred on the Jalandhar-Amritsar national highway near Kartarpur in the early hours of Wednesday.

The deceased have been identified as Chand (22) and his friend Nikhil Sharma (21), both residents of Amritsar. The injured - Shubham Kumar, Amrik Singh Kohli, and Rudra, all in their twenties - sustained serious injuries and were rushed to different hospitals in Jalandhar and Amritsar for treatment.

According to police, the accident took place around 5 am, when the Maruti Baleno car they were travelling in, crashed into a stationary truck loaded with iron rods. The rods were reportedly protruding dangerously beyond the truck...