Driver killed after trucks collide, catch fire on KMP Expressway in Gurugram: Cops

A 22-year-old truck driver was charred to death after getting trapped inside the mangled cabin following a collision between two trucks near Patli Hajipur village

Published on: Jun 6, 2026, 10:53:11 IST

By Debashish Karmakar, Gurugram

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A 22-year-old truck driver was charred to death after getting trapped inside the mangled cabin following a collision between two trucks on the Kundli-Manesar-Palwal Expressway near Patli Hajipur village in Gurugram’s Farrukhnagar early Saturday, police said.

Police said he was behind the wheel of a truck bearing Haryana registration number and was trapped inside the driver’s cabin after the collision on the carriageway leading towards Kundli from Palwal.

Police identified the deceased as Deepu Kumar, who is from Unnao in Uttar Pradesh. Police said he was behind the wheel of a truck bearing Haryana registration number and was trapped inside the driver’s cabin after the collision on the carriageway leading towards Kundli from Palwal.

A senior police officer said that commuters had alerted the police control room at 1.20 am but by the time rescue teams reached the spot, both trucks had caught fire.

“Prima facie it seems that the Haryana registered truck had ended up ramming the Uttar Pradesh registered truck. The collision resulted in a fire which engulfed both the vehicles,” he said.

Meanwhile, fire department officials said that they had received information about the incident at 1.57 am after which one fire tender each was pressed into action from Manesar and Pataudi fire stations.

“The firefighters found completely charred remains of a body on the driver’s seat of the rear truck and handed it over to police for legal formalities after pulling it out,” said a fire department official.

Public relations officer of Gurugram police Sandeep Turan said that police are investigating how the collision took place and what triggered the fire. “Family members of the deceased have been informed about the incident. Further course of action will be taken once they submit a written complaint,” he added.

Police officers said that the accident triggered a snarl on the carriageway which was cleared after the firefighting operation and removal of both the burnt trucks from the accident spot.

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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