A 24-year-old national-level basketball player was killed and his wife was injured after their Scorpio SUV collided head-on with a dumper truck on National Highway 309 near Pirumadara in Uttarakhand’s Ramnagar early Friday, police said.
The deceased was identified as Yatish Yadav, a resident of Shahpur Bametha in Uttar Pradesh’s Ghaziabad. Yatish was a national-level basketball player and worked as a teacher at a private school. His wife, Sheetal Yadav, is a doctor.
The accident occurred between 1.20 am and 1.45 am on October 2 on National Highway 309 near Pirumadara in Ramnagar, police said.
Locals informed the police that a truck had hit a car in the Pirumadara area, following which a police team was sent to the spot, according to Ramnagar Station House Officer (SHO) Sushil Kumar. The couple had married around four months ago, police said. “A detailed investigation into the accident, including the role of the dumper and its driver, is underway,” police said.
Yatish’s father, Suresh Yadav, said the couple had left for Nainital late on Thursday in their Scorpio SUV and were travelling via the Kashipur-Ramnagar route, according to the police.
Family members reached the hospital after receiving information about the accident.
Yatish’s father alleged that negligence by the dumper driver caused the crash and demanded an impartial investigation and strict action against those responsible, police said.
