Two dead in separate accidents of Delhi-Jaipur eway, SPR

Two people were killed in separate accidents on the Delhi-Jaipur Expressway and SPR, with drivers fleeing the scenes, police report.

Published on: Apr 4, 2026, 03:02:05 IST

By Debashish Karmakar

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Gurugram: Two people were killed in separate accidents in the past week on the Delhi-Jaipur Expressway and Southern Peripheral Road (SPR), police said on Friday.

Police identified the deceased as Salman Hussain, 37, a native of Kannauj in Uttar Pradesh and Sumit Kumar, 26, of Shikohpur, Sector 78.

According to police, on Thursday night, Hussain was riding a scooter when a speeding truck hit him from behind near Bilaspur Chowk. The driver of the truck fled the spot with his truck and has not been arrested yet.

Hussain was critically injured and was rushed to a hospital by commuters but was declared dead by doctors, police said.

Meanwhile, in the second incident, at around 11am on Monday, a speeding truck hit Kumar who was riding his motorcycle to reach home, police said.

Commuters alerted the police control room following which an ambulance took him to SGT hospital where he died in the course of treatment on Wednesday night, police said.

Sandeep Turan, public relations officer of Gurugram police, said that two separate FIRs have been registered under sections 106 (causing death by negligence) and 281 (rash driving) of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita at Bilaspur and Kherki Daula police stations respectively, in both the cases.

“Drivers of both the vehicles were on the run and will be arrested soon. The vehicle owners have been served notices to provide the details of the people who were driving during the accidents,” he added.

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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

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