Gururgam: Man killed, colleague injured after truck runs them over Delhi-Jaipur e-way

Investigators said the victim who died was thrown to the side of the expressway, while the rider lost balance and fell onto the main lane

Updated on: Aug 27, 2024, 07:26:10 IST

By Debashish Karmakar

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A man died, and his colleague was injured after they were run over by a speeding truck near the entrance of a private university at Sidhrawali on the Delhi-Jaipur expressway. The accident occurred around 6.30pm on Saturday, police said, adding that the two were returning home on a motorcycle.

They were traveling to Rewari on a motorcycle when the accident happened. (File Photo)

The deceased has been identified as Ved Prakash Singh from Rewari, while his injured friend is Manish Kumar Jangid from Sikar, Rajasthan. According to police, Singh and Jangid worked for a furniture design and manufacturing firm located at Gwal Pahari in DLF Phase-I. They were traveling to Rewari on a motorcycle when the accident happened.

Police reported that Singh was riding the motorcycle, and Jangid was the pillion rider. A speeding truck attempted to overtake them and hit the motorcycle. Investigators said Jangid was thrown to the side of the expressway (NH-48), while Singh lost balance and fell onto the main lane, where he was run over by the truck. Despite his minor injuries, Jangid managed to move Singh to the roadside with the help of other commuters who gathered to assist, they added.

Sandeep Kumar, the public relations officer of Gurugram police, said that both victims were rushed to Rewari civil hospital with the help of commuters and police. “Jangid survived with several injuries, but doctors declared Singh dead on arrival. The driver fled the scene with the truck, but Jangid had noted part of the truck’s registration, which is helping us trace the owner and driver,” Kumar said.

An FIR was filed against the unidentified truck driver on Jangid’s complaint under sections 106 (causing death by negligence), 125(a) (causing hurt by an act endangering life or personal safety of others), and 281 (rash driving or riding on a public way) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita at Bilaspur police station on Sunday.

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Debashish Karmakar
Debashish Karmakar is a principal correspondent with the Hindustan Times, Gurugram bureau. He has a vast journalistic experience of almost 14 years of covering crime, court, power, transport, administration, weather and other beats while working across various organisations. He has been covering Gurugram, Faridabad, Nuh, Palwal and other districts of southern Haryana for more than four and a half years. He has produced several breaking and exclusive stories while reporting from the ground where he maintains a strong presence on a daily basis. He writes news articles which are hard-hitting and accurate. With his strong bureaucratic sources, he frequently writes stories to expose the failure of the system forcing authorities to take necessary course-corrective steps. Besides crime, important convictions and court orders, he also writes on human-angle stories, on power issues and challenges faced by the residents on a daily basis in Gurugram and neighbouring areas. In the past, he worked for media houses like The Times of India, where he extensively reported on important government matters and daily proceedings at the Patna High Court. He has also worked in the electronic media and had done ground coverage on the Kedarnath deluge that wrecked Uttarakhand in 2013.Read More