Dumper in reverse gear mows down building site engineer

GURGAON: A 32-year-old engineer died after a dumper truck allegedly mowed him down while reversing at a construction site in Pataudi’s Chhawan village on Monday afternoon.

An FIR was registered on Monday evening, but no arrest has been made so far. The driver of the dumper truck is absconding.
The deceased has been identified as Shadab Khan, a site engineer by profession and a resident of Pataudi.
Shadab’s cousin Iqbal Ahmed told police that Shadab had returned home around 11am as he had to take his wife for a check-up at a nearby hospital. After the check-up, he dropped his wife home and returned to the construction site in Chhawan village on his bike.
“Eyewitnesses told the family members and police that Shadab was mowed down by a reversing dumper truck at the construction site around 12.30pm. He received serious injuries to his head and stomach. Workers who were at the site took him to a private hospital for treatment around 1.10pm. Doctors at the hospital declared him dead,” police said.
Police said that they got information about the accident around 10.30pm and an FIR was registered at Pataudi police station around 11pm. Cops later informed Khan’s family members, who live in Noida’s Sherkot, about the accident.
Iqbal was asked to reach the Civil Hospital in Gurgaon’s Sector 10 to identify the body. After confirmation, a post-mortem examination was carried out and the body was later handed over to the family, police said. “We got information from the police station that they took the body to Gurgaon Civil Hospital. I was asked to identify the body, which I did, following which the postmortem was carried out,” Iqbal, the complainant in this case, said.
Following a written complaint, an FIR was registered under sections 279 (rash driving or riding on a public way) and 304A (causing death by negligence) of the Indian Penal Code against the dumper truck driver, who is absconding.
“The hospital informed us about the accident. Our team then took custody of the body. We got a written complaint and registered an FIR. We will check CCTV footage of the area for more clarity. Teams have been formed to nab the accused, who fled, le aving the vehicle behind,” an investigation officer said.