Gurgaon: A man lost his life in a road accident after his motorcycle was hit by a speeding dumper truck near Naharpur Rupa underpass on Saturday. According to police, the accident happened around 4pm when the victim, identified as Virender Singh, and his nephew Sohan Singh were headed to their village in Rajasthan on a motorcycle.
They had crossed Rajiv Chowk when a speeding dumper rammed into them from behind near the underpass.
“My uncle was thrown to the road because of the collision, and the dumper ran over him. I too suffered injuries in the accident. The driver sped off,” Sohan said in his statement to police.
Sohan managed to take his uncle to the nearby government hospital, where doctors declared Virender brought dead. He then informed the police and submitted a complaint against the dumper driver.
A case has been registered under sections 279 (rash driving or riding in a public way) and 304A (negligence causing death) of the IPC.
In another accident on the same day, a youth died after a vehicle hit him near Sidhrawali. According to police, the victim, identified as Vishnu Kumar, had stepped out to get samosas from a local eatery in the area along with his friends Sachin Kumar, Manish and Nasir.
“They were walking on the road when a vehicle came from behind and hit them,” said the investigating officer. The control room received a call and the four youths were rushed to a nearby hospital. While Vishnu was declared brought dead, the other three received treatment for their injuries. A case has been registered at Bilaspur police station under sections 279 and 304A of the IPC.