The Dehradun Police have filed two separate first information reports (FIRs) after four people, including three members of a family, were killed when a container truck overturned onto their Hyundai i20 car at Mohabbewala Chowk on the Delhi-Dehradun highway on Wednesday.
“Police personnel, along with a fire brigade team equipped with disaster management equipment, rushed to the spot and launched a rescue operation. Rathore said, “We have registered the FIRs and launched an investigation into the matter.
Four occupants of the car sustained critical injuries and were immediately taken to Coronation Hospital, where doctors declared them brought dead,” it said, adding that the police managed to rescue the six-year-old child unharmed. We are searching for the truck driver who fled the scene after the incident,” he said.
The FIR against the truck driver was registered on the complaint of Deepesh Kapoor, a resident of Vasant Vihar in Dehradun and a family member of the deceased. “My mother Kiran Kapoor, elder brother Vishwesh Kapoor, sister-in-law Misha Anand, and driver Neeraj Kumar were travelling from Saharanpur to our residence in Dehradun in their car (UK 07 FR 6780). At around 3:30 PM in the Mohbbewala area of Dehradun, a recklessly driven truck (NL 01 AA 2485) speeding down the road rammed into their car.
My family members, along with the driver, died on the spot, and the vehicle was completely mangled,” the complainant said.
Even in Wednesday’s accident, a preliminary investigation revealed that it was not a case of brake failure,” said Inspector Naresh Rathore, Station House Officer (SHO) of Patel Nagar police station. The case was registered under Sections 106(1) (causing death by negligence), 125(a) (act endangering life or personal safety of others), 125(b) (causing grievous hurt by act endangering life or personal safety), and 281 (rash driving or riding on a public way) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS). “The newly constructed national highway, operated and built by executing agencies NHAI and PWD, lacks essential safety infrastructure, including signboards, traffic signals, reflectors, warning signals, and adequate nighttime lighting for smooth movement. “There is a steep slope on that specific stretch of the highway where at least four accidents have taken place over the last two months, claiming two lives. Drivers of heavy vehicles often get the impression that their brakes have failed on this slope and, while attempting to take evasive action, end up crashing.
The route has not been clearly marked, and potholes along the stretch are causing continuous accidents,” the cop said in the complaint.
