Speeding truck mows down traffic police constable on Delhi-Jaipur expressway

Investigators said that the incident took place at 1.50am when the patrol team was on the main carriageway leading towards Delhi between the Ambience mall underpass and Sirhaul toll plaza.

Published on: Nov 27, 2025, 05:38:07 IST

By Debashish Karmakar

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A 32-year-old Gurugram traffic police constable died after being mowed down by a speeding truck on the main carriageway of Delhi-Jaipur Expressway near Sirhaul toll plaza early Wednesday morning, said police.

Police identified the deceased as Lokesh Kumar, originally from Budhpur in Rewari. He was part of the traffic police team which conducts night patrol on the stretch of the expressway till Sirhaul border.

Investigators said that the incident took place at 1.50am when the patrol team was on the main carriageway leading towards Delhi between the Ambience mall underpass and Sirhaul toll plaza.

A traffic police official, part of the patrol team, said that a woman was waiting to board a bus at the spot due to which they had stopped there to ensure she boarded the bus.

“Once she boarded, Lokesh left the patrol vehicle and was walking towards a corner when a speeding truck mowed him down.The truck immediately fled from the spot. We rushed him to a nearby hospital but doctors declared him dead,” he said.

Inspector Vinod Kumar, station house officer of Udyog Vihar police station, said that a case was registered against an unidentified truck driver under sections 106 (causing death by negligence) and 281 (rash driving) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.

“We have scanned the CCTV camera to find that the truck was moving towards Delhi. We will trace its registration number soon to arrest the driver soon,” he said.

Police said the body was handed over to the family after an autopsy. The last rites were attended by Gurugram DCP (traffic) Dr Rajesh Kumar Mohan.

In a similar incident, on November 20, constable Ajay Singh, 32, originally from Rewari died after a speeding truck mowed him while trying to avoid vehicle checking in front of Gawal Pahadi police post on Gurugram-Faridabad road.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
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

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