1 dead, 3 injured, as SUV hits car in Gurugram

GURUGRAM: A 24-year-old woman died, and three of her family, including her three-year-old niece, sustained minor injuries after an SUV crashed into a Wagon R near the Air Force Station on Gurugram-Faridabad road Saturday, the police said.

According to the police, the driver of the Wagon R said the SUV, which was coming at a high speed from the opposite direction, jumped a divider and hit his car, which flipped over. The victim has been identified as Nisha, a resident of Shiv Colony in Rewari. The incident took place Saturday around 7am when the complainant, Nasib Singh, 30, a Pataudi resident was on his way to Faridabad with his wife, daughter, and sister-in-law, said the police.

In the police complaint filed by Singh, he stated, “I left home around 5am to drop my wife to Faridabad. My sister-in-law and three-year-old daughter were with us. When I reached near the Air Force Station on Gurugram-Faridabad road, a silver Mahindra KUV, coming from the Faridabad side, jumped the divider and hit my car. Due to the impact, my car turned over.” Singh said that while his wife and daughter escaped with minor injuries, his sister-in-law, who worked at a coaching centre in Rewari, was severely injured and taken to a private hospital in DLF Phase-3, where doctors declared her dead on arrival.

The police said the driver of the SUV escaped on foot after the crash. Manoj, assistant sub inspector, DLF Phase-1 police station, said the accused driver was yet to be arrested and that the police were tracing the person.

“The deceased worked at a coaching centre in Rewari. Her body was handed over to the family after the autopsy,” Manoj said.

A case was filed against the accused, under sections 279 and 304 A of the IPC at DLF Phase-1 police station.