Latest News For 'Gurgaon Road Accidents'
March 15th, 2007
Gurgaon: Two persons were killed and four were injured in two separate accidents on Guragon expressway on Wednesday.
According to an official of the expressway patrol, Gajraj Singh, the first accident took place around 2.30 am on Udyog Vihar flyover when a car heading towards Delhi at a high speed rammed into a stationary truck on the flyover.
‘‘The cleaner of the truck was changing the punctured tyre. The car with a Delhi registration number hit the truck and the cleaner died at the spot,’’ said Singh.
The driver of the car also died on the spot. The accident could have caused more damage, had the truck been parked in the middle of the flyover.
The second accident took place later in the day on the South City flyover on Delhi-Jaipur stretch, when two cars collided with each other. Though, there were no casualties, four persons were left injured. They have been admitted to a private hospital in the city.
A senior official of the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) held rash driving and violation of traffic rules responsible for the increased number of accidents.
‘‘The blame goes to the commuters, who often violate the traffic norms. Even in the second case, the two cars collided on the South City flyover when one of them suddenly changed the lane at a high speed. Drivers must follow the traffic norms and stick to lane driving on this high-speed stretch,’’ the official added.
Since the opening of these flyovers, several accidents have taken place on Gurgaon-Delhi stretch.
Last month, a mini bus had rammed into a pollution under control (PUC) booth and a tea stall adjoining a petrol pump near 32 Milestone leaving two dead. In another incident in February, two motor cycle borne persons were killed on the Udyog Vihar flyover stretch of the expressway when a speeding car hit the motor cycle from behind.
Source: TOI(Delhi-epaper)
February 2nd, 2007
Gurgaon: At least 12 people were killed and several others were injured when a vehicle carrying about 19 persons collided head-on with a canter on the Rewari-Mahendragarh road on Thursday afternoon.
‘‘The accident occurred at Jadara village, nine kilometre from Rewari, around 12.30 pm. All the 19 people, mostly women, were travelling in a Maxx vehicle to be present at a condolence. The canter was on its way to Bhondsi in Gurgaon for a ring ceremony,’’ said Rewari SSP Ram Singh Bishnoi.
He said the deceased included 11 women and the driver of canter. Eyewitnesses said that the Maxx vehicle was at high speed when the accident took place.
As the two vehicles collided, 11 female passengers were thrown out in the impact and most of them died on the spot. They also said that the Maxx vehicle was overtaking other vehicles on its way.
Bishnoi said that an FIR under Section 304 of CrPC has been lodged against the Maxx driver.
Source: TOI(Delhi-epaper)
December 3rd, 2006
The heart of India’s BPO hub, known for its intellectual capital is now mourning the rabid and morbid act of two of its educated adults.
The death of Dr Amit Diwan a 35-year-old radiologist a victim of road rage in Gurgaon, has brought the focus back on the city and its inherent ironies where development and corporate culture are at loggerheads with crime and transgression.
Narendra and Jitesh Godhara, both graduate automobile engineers now face murder charges after the victim died on Friday. The Gurgaon police arrested Narendra, the driver of the car on Sunday; a day after Diwan succumbed to injuries after being in coma for nearly a month and a half. Jitesh, who was arrested earlier and was out on bail, is now absconding.
Says Hanif Quraishi, SSP, Gurgaon, “We have decided to convert the charges from section 307 to section 302 amounting to murder. Our next step is to arrest Jitesh and eventually file the chargesheet in court.”
Narendra and Jitesh are accused of having reversed their car on Diwan who was standing outside his house in sector 10A on October 18, dragging him almost 150 mts, leaving Diwan severely injured.
Diwan had raised an objection to the duo’s rash driving when their TATA Safari hit Diwan’s car parked outside his house.
Meanwhile, the Gurgaon chapter of the Indian Medical Association has taken up the issue to get justice for the Diwan and the bereaved family.
Says S P Yadav, President, IMA, Gurgaon, “We are pleased with the proceedings so far. We had appealed to the Gurgaon police to not treat this as a case of a simple accident. We will see the case to its logical end and hope that the police will continue to support us in getting justice for Diwan and his family.”
Source:http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?NewsID=1067604
