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Dense Fog Hits Visibility In Haryana, Leads To Highway Pile-Up

A bus-truck collision in Hisar injured several passengers, while an eight-vehicle pile-up on NH9 trapped commuters amid low visibility due to dense fog in Haryana.

A thick blanket of fog covered parts of Haryana and Delhi on Thursday, as the air quality, particularly in the national capital, remained in the 'severe' category. The low visibility due to the dense fog resulted in road accidents in Haryana, injuring people and leaving others caught up in tailbacks for hours on the highways.

One such incident took place today in Haryana's Hisar, where a bus and truck collided due to dense fog near Majra Piyau, resulting in several getting injured in the accident.

According to Lokmat Times, around 20-25 passengers were injured in the accident. Some of them sustained serious injuries. As soon as the police personnel from the Narnaund police station received the distress call, they arrived at the spot and shifted the injured to the Narnaund Civil Hospital for treatment.

Narnaund police station in-charge Chandrabhan said that the accident occurred due to the dense fog, which had reduced the visibility on the road very low.

In another accident on Thursday, a multi-vehicle pile up happened on NH-9 due to low visibility in dense fog. 

According to news agency ANI, eight vehicles collided in Haryana's Rohtak on the highway. Although there are no updates about injuries or casualties in the accident, several commuters were caught up on the highway for hours due to the pile up.

Investigating officer Jitendra told Times of India that the police team responded immediately after receiving information of the multi-vehicle collision. The vehicles that collided are being cleared by machines. Besides this, the road has been blocked for traffic movement, and the injured have been rushed for treatment to a nearby hospital.

Delhi Witnesses Dense Fog, Air Quality Remains 'Severe' 

The national capital recorded its lowest minimum temperature of this season so far at 16.1 degrees Celsius, while the air quality remained in the 'severe' category. Due to the dense fog, the visibility was reduced to zero on Wednesday morning but it improved a little on Thursday morning. 

On Wednesday, the city had witnessed it worst AQI as the air quality plunged to 'severe' level for the first time this season, with its 24-hour AQI at 4 PM standing at 418. However, though the visibility improved a bit today, the AQI at 9 AM rose to 428.

Out of the 39 monitoring stations, 32 recorded 'severe' air quality. The thick fog affected the flight operations on Wednesday as visibility dropped to zero. On Thursday, the visbility at the Delhi airport as of 8:30 AM was 400 metres.

According to the weather department, the maximum temperature today is likely to settleat around 29 degrees Celsius.

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