Panchkula, Feb. 24 -- A road accident on Tipra Bypass near Pinjore claimed the lives of four teenagers in the early hours of Sunday morning. Aged 17-18 years, the victims were class 12 students who were returning from Parwanoo after celebrating the birthday of one of their friends.

They have been identified as Adhyayan Bansal from Dhakoli, Adeep Ashraf Ansari from Peer Muchhalla, Zirakpur, Chirag Malik from Hisar and Vaibhav Yadav from Sector 5, MDC, Panchkula. Vaibhav was the son of Vipin Yadav, additional advocate general of Punjab.

The victims were travelling in a Hyundai Verna car when its front right tyre burst, causing the vehicle to crash into a divider before colliding with a parked truck. According to Nihar Jeet Singh, a reside...