Four people, including three friends, were killed in a tragic car accident on the Delhi-Jaipur highway in Gurugram. The accident occurred when a speeding oil tanker crashed through the road divider and collided with a car and a pickup van. The car immediately caught fire, resulting in the death of all its occupants. The tanker driver has been charged with rash driving and causing death by negligence. The deceased individuals have been identified as Jitender, Lokesh Saini, Pawan Dubey, and the pickup van driver, Trilok Sharma. Harpreet Bajwa reported
A tragic accident occurred on Friday night on the Delhi-Jaipur highway near Sidhrawali village in Gurugram. A speeding oil tanker coming from Jaipur crashed into a car and a pickup van after smashing through the road divider. Four people lost their lives in the accident, including three friends who were traveling in the car. The car, which was running on CNG, immediately caught fire. The victims were on their way to Bhiwadi in Rajasthan and were employees of a private company in Manesar. A case has been registered against the tanker driver for rash driving and causing death by negligence. The car was completely burnt, and the occupants were charred to death. The driver of the pickup van also died in the accident. The deceased have been identified as Jitender, Lokesh Saini, and Pawan Dubey, while the pickup van driver was Trilok Sharma. The fire was extinguished with the help of a fire tender..
In a tragic incident on the Delhi-Jaipur highway, four individuals lost their lives on Friday night. The incident occurred near Sidhrawali village in Gurugram when a speeding oil tanker, which had come from Jaipur, crashed into a car and a pickup van after smashing through the road divider. The accident took place around 11.50 pm near Triveni Hotel. The car, which was powered by compressed natural gas (CNG), immediately caught fire, resulting in the occupants being trapped inside. The victims were on their way to Bhiwadi in Rajasthan and were described as friends who worked together in a private company in Manesar.
After a friend of the deceased lodged a complaint, the tanker driver was charged under Sections 279 (rash driving) and 304-A (causing death by negligence) of the Indian Penal Code at Bilaspur police station. Upon arrival at the scene, the police found the car completely burnt, with the three occupants charred to death. Sadly, the driver of the pickup van also lost their life in the accident. The deceased were identified as Jitender from Samalkha in Panipat, Lokesh Saini from Anaj Mandi in Jind, and Pawan Dubey from Bihar. The driver of the pickup van was identified as Trilok Sharma from Chilhar village near Pataudi in Gurugram. To extinguish the fire, the Bilaspur police utilized a fire tender.
It is truly a heart-wrenching incident that has claimed the lives of these four individuals. The authorities are taking appropriate legal action against the tanker driver, and we hope that justice will be served..