Supreet Kaur, a news anchor with Chattisgarh’s private IBC-24 channel was reading her morning bulletin on Saturday and was directed to break the news of a fatal accident in the Mahasamund district fifteen minutes after her show began. A car had crashed as a result of which three out of five people who were travelling in the vehicle were dead.

The local reporter, who was sharing details of the accident on air, wasn’t able to reveal the identity of the passengers. But Supreet, 28, realised soon after that one of them could be her husband as she knew that he was supposed to travel in a Renault Duster on the route at the same time with four of his friends. She read the news without letting viewers understand her plight and completed the show, reports suggest, before she went out of the studio and broke down.

The Editor said that the production team was aware of the news but could not inform Supreet as she was live.

She has reportedly left for the accident site.

“She is an extremely brave lady. We are proud of her as an anchor, but what happened today has left us in shock,” Supreet’s colleague said, Hindustan Times reports.

Harshad Gawde and two others – Gaurav Sahu and Nishant Wakil – were killed on the spot and two others were injured when their SUV collided with the rear end by a truck on Saturday morning while they were returning from Saraipali towards Raipur, news agency PTI reports.

Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh expressed his condolence over the incident and praised the woman’s courage.

“I salute Supreet’s strength in dealing with her husband’s demise with extraordinary bravery and professionalism. May the departed soul rest in peace,” Mr Singh said in a tweet last night.

Supreet Kaur, who has been working with IBC-24 since the past nine years, married Harsad Kawade a year ago, news reports state.