Speeding car driven by minor rams into bike; rider dead

GURUGRAM: A 49-year-old man, who worked as the chief financial officer (CFO) of an electrical manufacturing company, was killed on Sunday morning when the Harley Davidson motorcycle he was riding collided with a Ford Figo car in DLF Cyber City. The police said the car was driven being by a minor boy, who is yet to be apprehended. He was accompanied by his friend in the same car.

The accident took place near DLF Rapid Metro station in Phase 2 (see map), around 6.10 am,said the police. The minor seems to have lost control of his car and collided with the motorbike after his vehicle hit a divider and jumped to the other side of the road.

The deceased, Alok Gupta, lived in BPTP Park Life in Sector 57. The police said Gupta was riding his motorcycle and was accompanied by a friend on another bike. The two were on their way to Greater Noida in Uttar Pradesh.

Rajesh Khangwal, a government contractor who was on his way from Sector 27 to Karnal on Sunday morning, said that a biker crossed his CRV. But just 50 metres ahead, he saw a speeding car hitting a divider and then colliding with the biker. “I saw the car flip in the air. It fell on the ground and hit the motorcyclist, before turning turtle thrice. The car was being driven at least 120 km/hour. The driver lost control while racing with two other cars and hit the median of the DLF Cyber City Road. It broke the iron fencing, jumped and landed on the other side, and rammed into the motorcycle,” he said.

Police have registered a case under Section 279 (rash driving) and 304 A (causing death by negligence) of Indian Penal CODE(IPC) at DLF Phase 2 police station.