Archive · 16 Aug 2026
Karnal canter hits high-voltage line, kills rescuer, injures 20 pilgrims
A group of people was traveling in a big truck called a canter to visit a holy place called Gogamedi.
There were more than 50 people on the truck.
Late one night, the truck touched a very powerful electric wire hanging above the road.
This happened in a town called Gharaunda in Haryana, India.
The electrical shock hurt more than 20 people on the truck.
A kind man who lived nearby heard the people crying for help and ran to help them.
Sadly, he got a very bad electric shock and passed away.
The hurt people were taken to government hospitals in Karnal and Panipat.
Some of them had irregular heartbeats, low blood pressure and body pain.
The accident happened because a metal pipe on top of the truck touched the electric wire.
A canter truck carrying over 50 pilgrims struck a high-voltage live wire near the mini bypass in Gharaunda, Karnal, Haryana, late Saturday night.
A local resident who rushed to help the pilgrims was electrocuted and died in the incident.
Over 20 people in the vehicle suffered burn and other injuries.
Police said a metal pipe fitted onto an extra frame on top of the canter touched the overhead high-voltage power line.
The injured were admitted to government hospitals in Karnal and Panipat, with some suffering arrhythmia, low blood pressure and body pain.
- Who
- Over 50 pilgrims traveling in a canter truck, a local resident who died helping them, and police officials in Karnal, Haryana.
- What
- The canter truck carrying pilgrims came in contact with a high-voltage power line, electrocuting a rescuer and injuring over 20 people.
- When
- Late Saturday night; police reported the incident on Sunday.
- Where
- Near the mini bypass in Gharaunda, Karnal district, Haryana; the pilgrims were headed to Gogamedi, Rajasthan.
- Why
- A metal pipe fitted onto an extra frame on top of the canter touched an overhead high-voltage power line.
- Location
- Near mini bypass, Gharaunda, Karnal, Haryana
- Deaths
- 1 (local resident who rushed to help)
- Injured
- Over 20 people
- Passengers
- Over 50 pilgrims
- Destination
- Gogamedi, Rajasthan
- Cause
- Metal pipe on extra frame atop the canter touched high-voltage overhead line
- Hospitals
- Government hospitals in Karnal and Panipat
- Reported Symptoms
- Arrhythmia, low blood pressure, body pain