Ggm: 41-year-old hit by truck, dragged for several metres, dies

The deceased, Paramjeet Singh Arora, a resident of Sector 6, Rohini, was returning home from Gurugram when the accident occurred at 1.20pm on Thursday

Published on: Feb 22, 2025, 07:00:18 IST

By Debashish Karmakar, Gurugram

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A 41-year-old Delhi man died after a truck hit him and dragged him nearly 80-90 meters on Carterpuri Road in Palam Vihar extension, Gurugram, police said on Friday. The driver abandoned the vehicle and fled the scene, they added.

A 41-year-old Delhi man died after a truck hit him and dragged him nearly 80-90 meters on Carterpuri Road in Palam Vihar extension, Gurugram. (FILE PHOTO)

The deceased, Paramjeet Singh Arora, a resident of Sector 6, Rohini, was returning home from Gurugram when the accident occurred at 1.20pm on Thursday. According to police, he entered Carterpuri Road from Old Delhi-Gurugram Road to head toward Sector 23A when the truck struck him.

Inspector Bijender Singh, station house officer (SHO) of Palam Vihar police station, said Arora and his motorcycle got trapped beneath the rear portion of the truck. “Even after hitting Arora, the truck driver kept speeding for 80-90 meters, dragging him along, probably in an attempt to flee. Locals and other commuters raised an alarm, but he still kept driving. However, later he abandoned the truck and fled,” Singh added.

Eyewitnesses alerted the police control room, and an emergency response vehicle reached the scene. “The police team arranged an ambulance and rushed Arora to the civil hospital in Sector-10A after pulling him out from beneath the truck,” Singh added. However, Arora succumbed to severe injuries shortly after doctors began treatment. “Had the truck driver stopped immediately after hitting Arora, he would have sustained fewer injuries and might have survived,” Singh said.

Police said Arora worked for a private firm in Gurugram and frequently took Carterpuri Road to avoid traffic snarls on Old Delhi-Gurugram Road. The accident occurred when he used the same route on Thursday. The Gurugram-registered truck was empty and was being parked in the transport yard when it hit Arora. The truck and Arora’s damaged motorcycle were impounded from the scene.

An FIR was registered on the complaint of Arora’s father, Bhupinder Singh Arora, under sections 106 (causing death by negligence) and 281 (rash driving or riding on a public way) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita at Palam Vihar police station on Thursday night. Police said the truck owner would be served a notice to provide details of the driver for his arrest. Arora’s body was handed over to his family after an autopsy on Friday.

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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