Man killed after a Speeding car rams another at KMP e-way

A manager of the Pataudi Palace was killed in a car accident on the Kundli-Manesar-Palwal Expressway near Farrukhnagar. The driver of the car that hit him fled.

Updated on: Apr 7, 2023, 00:42:53 IST

By Debashish Karmakar

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Gurugram: A 42-year-old man was killed after his vehicle was allegedly hit by a speeding car on Kundli–Manesar–Palwal (KMP) Expressway near Farrukhnagar on Wednesday evening, police said on Thursday.

Man killed after a Speeding car rams another at KMP e-way

According to police, the deceased, identified as Naresh Vats, was the manager of the Pataudi Palace. He was returning to his residence in southwest Delhi’s Mundhela Kalan in a Maruti Alto when a speeding Honda Amaze rammed his car from behind, police said.

Investigators said that the impact led to the Amaze veering off course and screeching to a halt on the opposite lane of the expressway, while the rear of the Alto was completely destroyed. The driver of the Amaze left his car at the spot and fled on foot, officials in the know of the matter said.

Police, quoting eyewitnesses, said that the airbags of the Amaze deployed on impact, which saved the driver from sustaining severe injury.

According to police, commuters travelling on the expressway reached out to the police control room, and a police team reached the spot, followed by an ambulance. Vats was rushed to a hospital where he died during the treatment.

Police registered an FIR against the Amaze driver under sections 279 (rash driving or riding on public way), 304A (causing death by negligence) and 337 (causing hurt by act endangering life or personal safety of others) of the Indian Penal Code at Farrukhnagar police station on Thursday based on the complaint of the deceased’s older brother Mukesh Vats.

Inspector Jitender Singh, station house officer, Farrukhnagar police station, said that they have tracked the details of the driver of the Amaze, and will arrest him soon. “We seized both cars from the spot,” he added.

Police said after an autopsy, Vats’ body was handed over to the family on Thursday morning and further investigation is underway

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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