Man (54) dies, five of his family members injured in e-way crash

Gurgaon: A 54-year-old man from Delhi was killed and six of his family members were injured, one of them critically, after a speeding truck rammed into his three-wheeler goods carrier on the Delhi-Gurgaon expressway on Sunday night.
The accident occurred near 32nd Milestone around 9.45pm when the seven were returning to their house in Delhi’s Nangloi from a relative’s place in Gurgaon. The impact of the crash was such that the three-wheeler overturned and Tara Chand who was at the wheel died on the spot.
The five injured — Krishna Devi (Tara Chand’s wife), Monish Kumar, Harish Kumar, Sushila Devi, Minakshi and Nitin — were rushed to a nearby private hospital and later shifted to Delhi’s Safdarjung hospital. Though the others were discharged on Monday morning, the condition of Tara Chand’s wife Krishna Devi is said to be critical.
In his police complaint, Tara Chand’s nephew Monish Kumar claimed that the recklessly driven truck hit their vehicle from behind and sped away. “Our three-wheeler overturned and my uncle died on the spot. I did manage to note down the number of the truck.”
Police said a team rushed to the spot as soon as they were alerted about the accident. “We immediately rushed all of them to a nearby hospital, where Tara Chand was declared dead on arrival. The body has been sent for an autopsy,” a police officer said.
Om Prakash, the Gurgaon-based relative of Tara Chand, said that the deceased and his family members had come to their house to invite them to Minakshi’s wedding ceremony slated for February 15. “I had requested Tara Chand to stay at our place overnight but he insisted on leaving to avoid the early morning fog. Around 11pm on Sunday, I was shocked to hear the news of his death.”
An FIR under sections 279 (rash driving or riding on public way), 337 (whoever causes hurt to any person by doing any act so rashly or negligently as to endanger human life, or the personal safety of others), and 304A (causing death by negligence) of the IPC has been lodged against the truck driver at Civil Lines Police station.
“We have got the registration number of the vehicle and are checking the CCTV footage of the area. The truck driver will soon be nabbed,” the police officer said.