AGRA: Eight people, including a child and three women, were killed when a speeding truck rammed into their car that was parked on the Kundli-Manesar-Palwal (KMP) Expressway in Jhajjar district of Haryana on Friday morning.
The victims, residents of Nagla Anoop village in Firozabad area of Uttar Pradesh, were returning home from Gogamedi temple in Rajasthan’s Hanumangarh district when the accident occured.
Out of the eight deceased, seven were from the same family. The eighth was their neighbour. Three others have been injured.
Speaking to TOI, Jasveer Singh, station house officer of Badli in Jhajjar, said, “The accident took place at 3.30am. The driver had stopped the car behind a stationary truck on one side of the road to take a break. A truck, whose driver probably couldn’t see the car, hit it from behind.”
He added that on the basis of a complaint received from the relatives of the family, an FIR has been registered under IPC sections 279 (rash driving), 304-A (causing death due to negligence) and others against the truck driver, who is absconding.
