KURUKSHETRA:

Punjabi singer Harbhajan Singh Mann had a narrow escape as he met with an accident when stray cattle came in front of his moving car on the busiest National Highway (NH)-44 in Kurukshetra’s Pipli area in the early morning hours on Monday. The popular singer was returning from a show in Delhi. Mann was travelling with his son, driver and security officer, when his car turned turtle on the NH-44 which is popularly known as GT Road.Visuals from the spot and the damage to Mann’s car suggest that the accident was serious and luckily, the singer and those with him had a narrow escape.Thanesar Sadar Police Station Officer confirmed Mann’s accident and said that they had minor injuries. The SHO said they moved towards Mohali and received medical treatment there after the first aid at Kurukshetra.The accident once again put to spot the menace of stray cattle causing serious road accidents while the authorities failed to contain them and keep them away even from the National Highway.In a statement to Kurukshetra police at Thanesar Sadar police station, Harbhajan Mann said, “I was on my way to Mohali from Delhi with my son. My driver was driving the car at normal speed and my gunman was also with me. When we were crossing the Pipli overbridge on NH-44, black color stray cattle were sitting on the highway. My driver suddenly applied brakes and our car got hit with the cattle. After the hit, our car turned over for two to three times and turned turtle with wheels in the air. The passerby and the police helped us rescue.”Mann added all of them received injuries and his gunman’s AK-47’s body part was also damaged. He added that an ambulance came and they were rushed to a private hospital in Kurukshetra. Mann added that they later went to a private hospital for treatment in Mohali. The singer said that his car got damaged completely in this accident and the incident took place due to the stray cattle. Mann did not want any action against anyone as the incident took place suddenly.