Porsche hits divider, crashes into tree, goes up in flames in Gurgaon

GURGAON: A luxury car caught fire and was almost completely charred after hitting a tree on Golf Course Road in the early hours of Thursday. The driver fled the spot, police said.
The Porsche 911, according to police, first rammed a divider in Sector 27 around 4am on Thursday, after which it crashed into a tree. The impact was such that the car immediately burst into flames.
A passerby noticed the fire and called the emergency helpline. When a police team reached the spot, the car was mostly in ashes with the driver missing. A team from the fire department doused the flames.
“Around 4am, I heard a loud bang. I saw a car crashing into a tree at a very high speed. By the time we could realise what had happened, it had caught fire,” said Prakash, a passerby.
Police said the driver had fled the spot and so no injury has been reported thus far. As no complaint has been filed, an FIR hasn’t been registered.
“A passerby informed us about the car. The Porsche was reportedly being driven at a very high speed when the driver lost control and first hit the divider on Golf Course Road. Later, the driver hit the tree. When police and fire department teams arrived, there was no trace of the driver. Also, no complaint has been registered so far. We are trying to locate the owner of the Porsche,” a senior police officer said.
According to the district road safety committee, rash driving is a perennial issue in the city. In the first three months of 2023, rash driving has claimed as many as 90 lives and left over 160 injured in over 227 accidents.
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