<p>Two Punjab farmers were killed when the tractor-trailer on which they were travelling was hit by a truck in Haryana’s Hisar while they were returning home from a protest site near the Delhi’s Tikri border on Saturday.</p>.<p>Police said one farmer was seriously injured in the accident at Hisar's Dhandoor village.</p>.<p>The farmers belonged to Punjab’s Muktsar district and were returning home after their year-long agitation against the Centre’s farm laws came to an end, days after the contentious laws were repealed.</p>.<p>“Two farmers were killed while another one was seriously injured when the tractor-trailer they were riding was hit from behind by a truck,” Hisar Police Inspector Kaptan said over the phone.</p>.<p>He said five farmers were on the tractor-trailer when the incident took place.</p>.<p><strong>Also read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/north-and-central/emotions-run-high-as-farmers-bid-farewell-to-singhu-protest-site-1059748.html" target="_blank">Emotions run high as farmers bid farewell to Singhu protest site</a></strong></p>.<p>“While one died at the accident spot, another succumbed to his injuries during treatment at a hospital,” the inspector said.</p>.<p>The dead farmers aged 40 and 34, he said.</p>.<p>Farmers, mainly from Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh, had started protesting at the Delhi border points on November 26 last year.</p>.<p>The Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM), an umbrella body of 40 farm unions, had announced that farmers would go back home on December 11 from the protest sites on Delhi's borders.</p>.<p>Following the announcement, farmers began returning home in large convoys on Saturday. </p>.<p><strong>Check out latest videos from <i data-stringify-type="italic">DH</i>:</strong></p>
<p>Two Punjab farmers were killed when the tractor-trailer on which they were travelling was hit by a truck in Haryana’s Hisar while they were returning home from a protest site near the Delhi’s Tikri border on Saturday.</p>.<p>Police said one farmer was seriously injured in the accident at Hisar's Dhandoor village.</p>.<p>The farmers belonged to Punjab’s Muktsar district and were returning home after their year-long agitation against the Centre’s farm laws came to an end, days after the contentious laws were repealed.</p>.<p>“Two farmers were killed while another one was seriously injured when the tractor-trailer they were riding was hit from behind by a truck,” Hisar Police Inspector Kaptan said over the phone.</p>.<p>He said five farmers were on the tractor-trailer when the incident took place.</p>.<p><strong>Also read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/north-and-central/emotions-run-high-as-farmers-bid-farewell-to-singhu-protest-site-1059748.html" target="_blank">Emotions run high as farmers bid farewell to Singhu protest site</a></strong></p>.<p>“While one died at the accident spot, another succumbed to his injuries during treatment at a hospital,” the inspector said.</p>.<p>The dead farmers aged 40 and 34, he said.</p>.<p>Farmers, mainly from Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh, had started protesting at the Delhi border points on November 26 last year.</p>.<p>The Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM), an umbrella body of 40 farm unions, had announced that farmers would go back home on December 11 from the protest sites on Delhi's borders.</p>.<p>Following the announcement, farmers began returning home in large convoys on Saturday. </p>.<p><strong>Check out latest videos from <i data-stringify-type="italic">DH</i>:</strong></p>