SIX OF FAMILY DIE AS CAR HITS DIVIDER AND RAMS INTO A TRUCK ON HIGHWAY IN REWARI
2yearold among those killed in the early morning mishap; the Delhi family was on way back after attending a prayer meet near Jaipur
HISAR/GURUGRAM: Six members of a Delhi family died and one was severely injured after their car, a Hyundai Accent, crashed into a truck on the Delhi-jaipur highway in Rewari district, more than 70 kilometres from Gurugram city, on Sunday morning, police said. Among the dead, was a twoyear-old boy. The victims were identified as Champi, his wife Anita, son Aryan, Anita’s brother Sunil, his wife Rekha and Naresh, a distant relative of Champi. The police identified them by first names only. Police said the family members were on their way back to their residence in Badarpur, Delhi after attending festivities at their ancestral temple in their native village Shivdaspura, near Jaipur.
According to the police, the incident took place around 4.15am, about 500 metres from a petrol pump near Rewari-gurugram border. “The driver of the car, with seven family members, lost control and hit a divider in the middle of the road. The car then hit a tree on the divider before colliding head-on with a truck on the other side of the road,” said Suresh, deputy superintendent of police (DSP), Bawal.
Police said apart from the twoyear-old boy, all victims were between 30 and 40 years of age. They said the victims were taken to the civil hospital in Rewari, where six were declared brought dead. Another family member, Likshma Devi, was referred to Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences (PGIMS), Rohtak, where her condition is said to be serious.
DSP Bawal said that the car, which had a Delhi number plate, was being driven at high speed and a crane was used to pull the bodies out of the mangled remains of the vehicle.
“The autopsy was conducted and preliminary reports showed no trace of alcohol in the driver’s bloodstream,” the DSP said. Police said the truck driver, who was on his way to the Jaipur side on National Highway-48, abandoned his vehicle on the side of the road and fled after the crash.
“The truck driver is at large. There was no CCTV camera in the vicinity of the crash. We are conducting raids to arrest him,” said the investigating officer, requesting anonymity.
“He had gone to Delhi in search of a livelihood, since there were not many opportunities for earning in his native village. Sunil and Rekha got married recently. Sunil had also been staying in Delhi for over two decades,” said Laxman
Police registered a case against the deceased driver and the unidentified truck driver under sections 279 (rash driving or riding on a public way), 304 A (causing death by negligence) and 337 (causing hurt by act endangering life or personal safety of others) of the IPC. The case was filed at the Bawal police station in Rewari.